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I grab her hand and smile as we head down the road to the hospital.
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Sequoia: Stud Farm
Sequoia: Fast Love Racing
JUMP START
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Jump start: In a standing start, when a vehicle moves from its grid slot before the start of a race is signaled.
Hendrix Calter only has one speed. Fast.
He sped away from his toxic father as soon as he turned eighteen, and he's been in Sequoia, California, for the last three years, studying at Sequoia University and racing every chance he gets to pay his bills and save for his future.
He's got his dream life in his sights, and nothing is going to derail him from reaching the finish line.
Then one night, he meets Locklyn at the Stud Farm Race Track, and he's hooked. There's just something about her that has him feeling like he's going a hundred miles an hour.
Too bad for him; he's already messed it up with her.
He jump-started, and now he needs to kick it into high gear if he wants to catch up to the girl that's meant to be his.
ONE
Hendrix
“We’re going to be late,”Kade tells me as he pokes his head around my bedroom door frame.
“I’m ready to go. We’re waiting on Thorne.”
“You look real pretty, man! You can stop messing with your hair now, and we can go!” Kade yells to Thorne, making me grin.
“He’s going to be in a great mood now,” I tell Kade as we head toward the front door.
“Isn’t he always?”
I chuckle, ignoring Thorne’s dark look as he stomps into the living room and past us to the front door.
Thorne has been a grouchy dick for as long as I’ve known him, so Kade and I are used to it. Now we just consider it part of his charm.
I’ve known Kade and Thorne for years. They’ve been my best friends since middle school, and we’ve been through everything together. We have big plans for the future too. We’re going to open our own mechanic shop as soon as we graduate, and I can’t wait.
We’ve always loved cars. The speed, the adrenaline rush, the wind curving around you as you slice through the air with your powerful car… everything about being behind the wheel clicks with me.
I never had much control of my life growing up. The first time I wrapped my hands around a steering wheel and felt the engine roar to life, I felt… free. Like I could outrun my demons if I drove fast enough. In fact, my stepsister, Palmer, used to joke that I only have one speed – fast. She’s definitely right.
I jog down the stairs after my friends, and we each hop into our cars, taking off down the street after Kade and Thorne. We’re headed to the Stud Farm, more specifically to the race track on the far east side of the property.
We’ve been racing at the Stud Farm since our freshman year at Sequoia University. It was one of the biggest reasons why we decided to come here. At least, it was for Kade and Thorne. My biggest reason for coming to California for college was that it was as far away from my father as I could possibly get.
My dad has always been a controlling asshole. He’s all about status, and if you can’t meet his ridiculously high expectations, well… he’ll let you know with his fists. He started getting violent with my brother, Finn, and me when we were teenagers. The bruises healed, and the scars are starting to fade, but the abuse we went through was more than just skin deep.
