The Pretenders of Copper County (Copper County, #1)

by May Archer

Reed could trust me to make good choices. I would trust him to respect them.

There was a mention of him sponsoring the community theater’s production of Carrie: The Musical… which was kind of a crime but not the type to get you in serious trouble.

I’d told him what it had been like when my dad remarried and then, later, when my stepmother, the only mom I really remembered, left town.

Substantial portions of blood were now flowing to my cheeks, and I knew it because my whole face felt like it was on fire and my manhood was un-manning at an alarming rate.

I was past ready. Ready had left the building absolute eons ago.

Ready could kiss my hecking behind.

But when I logged in, I found a new email waiting for me. An email from my cousin.

Oh Jesus boy, what have you done

How freaking naive could a person be? How foolishly trusting? How stupid?

I mean, you're not that bright

Zoom meeting from hell, now entering its fourth fucking hour,

which helped us move faster… but “faster” was a relative term when you were traveling with The Centrum Silver Squad.

LMMFAO