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A VERY MOUNTAIN MAN ROMANCING
FALLEN PEAK
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The worst day of my life is the one that people can't stop asking me about.
Mabel:
When my car breaks down one night, I'm sure that I'm about to be murdered.
Isn't that how most horror stories start?
Instead, I'm saved by a grumpy giant.
Jonah isn't much of a talker but that's okay because I am. He lets me chatter at him as he takes me home and when he returns with my car that he fixed the next morning, he instantly becomes my hero.
Now I just need to convince him that the curvy girl he rescued is also his perfect match.
Jonah:
They keep calling me a hero.
I feel like a fraud.
I don't deserve the congratulations or the accolades. I was just in the right place at the right time.
I thought that things would be better once I got out of the military, but when I land in Fallen Peak, it feels like I'm living under a microscope.
Now I can't leave the house without being stopped and thanked for my service.
I hate it.
Until one night I run into Mabel.
She makes me feel like the hero that everyone keeps saying I am, but can I juggle a relationship while also navigating reintegrating to civilian life?
Do I even deserve to get a happily ever after?
ONE
Jonah
I try not to fidget as I watch my cousin, Ledger, and his wife Tilly move around the kitchen. I’ve been staying with them for the last few days, ever since I was medically discharged from the military. I have no idea what I want to do with my life now that I’m not in the Marines and I’m grateful to Ledger for offering for me to stay with him.
“Is this enough food?” Tilly asks, and Ledger nods.
“Yeah, I think so. It’s just our friends coming,” he reminds her and she thinks for a minute before she pulls out another pie crust and gets to work.
Ledger just grins at his wife. I wasn’t here when they got married, but he told me about her even before they got together. It was always obvious that he was in love with her and I’m glad that they finally admitted their feelings for each other and got married.
“Are you excited to be back stateside?” Ledger asks me as he passes me a beer and joins me on the couch.
“Yeah, it’s good to be back,” I lie.
It doesn’t feel right to tell him that I have no idea what I’m doing with my life and that I feel like a fraud back in the States where everyone is treating me like I’m some kind of hero.
That’s what tonight is all about, actually. They’re throwing me a welcome home party and they invited some of their friends. It was a nice thing to do, but I wish that they hadn’t. Everything still feels too real, too raw, even after all these months. I don’t want to answer questions about my time in the service or make small talk with people that I don’t know. I just want to be alone for a bit.
