Blurb
Kissing Junction is getting cramped. Everybody is all loved up and it is getting out of hand.
This surprise story wouldn't leave us alone until we wrote it out!
Thomas Kane has been celibate for seventeen years. When he sees Josephine McKinney at his routine doctor’s appointment, he knows it’s just a matter of time before she is his.
Josephine McKinney didn't want or need a man or, so she thought. Until she met Thomas.
Together since the day they met, Thomas and Josephine are prime examples of the crazy insane love that flows through this small town.
This is a super safe, sweet and crazy hot instalove.
Buckle up and enjoy the ride. There may be some breeding going on.
We love that and hope you do too!
Chapter One
Thomas
When I was fifteen years old, I made a mistake in judgment. Though I can’t be too upset at the outcome. I was a sophomore when I met Stacy Keller. Knowing of her and knowing her were two different things. I made it a point to know her. I blame it on teenage hormones. She was a senior and the captain of the cheerleading squad. In hindsight, as I was the 2nd string quarterback, it never should have happened.
However, she was mad at her boyfriend, and I may have taken advantage of that. A quick revenge fuck was all she was looking for.
At seventeen, she thought she was the hottest thing to ever grace the halls of Grover Cleveland K-12.
Unfortunately, falling for her nonsense was all my fault. Mind you that is not falling in love with her. I’ve never been in love. It was 1995 and while “Gangsta’s Paradise” was on the radio and Billy Madison was in the movie theaters, I was trying to get at her. It was a weird time.
Thinking I was cool as shit, I walked right up to her and asked her out. When she said yes, I didn’t even have to work hard to sleep with her. I wasn’t the first for her, but she was for me. One broken condom and three months later, Stacy and her parents show up at my parent’s front door. The only issue was she didn’t know if Mitch Campion, Trey Halsey, or I was the father.
We would’ve known if Trey was the father immediately at birth, but at that time we had to wait until the baby was born to know for sure. When Kristy was born, and it was determined that I was the father, I did what I thought I had to do. Stacy and I got married a few days later.
At first, it was ok, while there was no love between us, I tried to make it work. At sixteen, I was juggling school, football, a bitchy wife, a beautiful baby, and two jobs. Needless to say, football was the first to go, but I eventually had to drop out of school and get my GED all before my baby was one.
Kristy was instantly the light of my life. We grew up together, and I wouldn’t change a thing as far as she is concerned.
When Kristy was five, Stacy decided a wealthy banker in Dallas would make a better husband for her. She cheated on me the last three years we were married, and when she left, I breathed a sigh of relief.
When Stacy left, she broke my baby girl with her spewed hatred. I didn’t know that for a long time though. If I had been home, I would have nipped that in the bud.
Stacy left at nine o’clock in the morning on a Saturday, while I was at work. She left my baby girl home alone. I didn't get home until after eight that night. Kristy was a trooper though. She made her own lunch and dinner of peanut butter and jelly and watched cartoons all day.
I was beyond pissed at Stacy, not for cheating on me, but for literally abandoning our child. Anything could have happened to her while she was alone, and I wouldn’t have known for hours. Our divorce was finalized in 2000. Stacy terminated her rights and married the guy from Dallas. I heard that it didn’t last very long, and she is on her fifth husband right now. Good riddance.
I spent the next thirteen years focused on Kristy and working. Kristy was interested in every activity you can imagine. Karate, dance, drama, hunting, fishing, I wasn’t sure what she’d eventually land on, but when she told me she wanted to be a teacher, a few years ago, I was all for it.
As for work, I opened an insurance agency, Kane Insurance on Main Street. It is pretty lucrative since I have the only insurance agency without having to go to Dallas. I offer every kind you could ever need.
While I was raising Kristy, I kind of forgot about women. I told myself that I was still young, and I’d get back out there when she went to college. Then I told myself I would get back out there when the time was right.
Now that Kristy is married and pregnant, it is most definitely time. I am finally ready to get back out there and see what there is. I only hope that the pool is a lot better this time.
My best friend Donny is in almost the same situation as me. The only difference is his daughter, Victoria, is only seven. Our weekly poker game is full of newly married guys. We never used to even talk at these games about anything more serious than the Cowboys. Now it’s full of diapers, wives, and pregnancy cravings.
It makes a man want things he can’t easily have. Since I was barely dating before Stacy and I certainly didn’t even try after her. I’ve been celibate for seventeen long ass years. I am sure that I could have had quick hookups, I had offers from the single mothers of kids in Kristy’s classes, but I couldn’t introduce temporary people into Kristy’s life.
I have no idea what women even want anymore. I am not about to ask these assholes for any help though.
Looking around my office, I see all the claims in my inbox. I just can’t deal with another fender bender right now. I have a doctor’s appointment with Matt this afternoon, and while it is just a checkup for my insurance provider, I always get a little nervous something is going to be wrong.
Picking up my keys, I head out to the reception area. After letting Gladys, my sixty-two-year-old assistant, leave early, I lock up and
walk down the street to Matt’s office. He is about to get married and go on his honeymoon, but his covering doctor couldn’t take over until next Monday.
Lucky for me, I’m done for the day after this. It’s been a long day, and all I want is a cold beer and some homemade chili.
One of the things I learned to do early on in raising Kristy is how to cook a mean slow cooker meal. I’m thinking about cornbread and cheese when I open Matt’s office door, nothing could have prepared me for the first thing I see.
Chapter Two
Josephine
Thank God it is almost five, I am beyond glad that it’s nearly time to go home. Just one more patient, you got this, only one more patient. Then you can finish putting in these forms and close the office.
I said the mantra to myself for the tenth time in the last twenty minutes. Usually, I love my work but the last week has been hell.
This entire town is full of loved-up people, and everywhere I turn someone is either getting pregnant or married. Shit is getting ridiculous.
There's no such thing as love at first sight. Luckily, my boss, Dr. Pillman, is going on his honeymoon in a day and I get a week off. I don't plan on leaving my apartment the entire time.
I'm going to order in, my hair is going to go in a ponytail, and I am going to binge watch Bones in my underwear and a big ass shirt.
I have never been one of those girls who wanted a man to sweep her off her feet. Hell, I have never been the kinda girl who thought she’d find love period.
When I took the receptionist job at Dr. Pillman's office a couple of weeks ago, I was head over heels in love with this small community.
I grew up in Dallas and was in and out of foster homes from the age of four till I turned eighteen and I finally aged out of the foster care system. When my two best friends, Tiffani and Jules, moved to Kissing Junction I knew that's the place I wanted to be.