the box. I couldn’t contain my excitement. I had never had one before.
“Oh my gosh, Cale. This is amazing. I don’t even know how to use this thing,” I said as I ripped into the packaging and pulled it out. I flipped it around in my hand, trying to figure out how to turn it on.
“You are a smart girl and the directions are in the bag.”
“Thank you. I feel like I shouldn’t take this from you, but I’m going to anyway!” I laughed as I hugged the phone to my chest.
“Since you agreed to be sponsored, this is the first thing I felt like you needed. I have to be able to get a hold of you.”
“You do?”
“Yes. There are things we’re going to have to be in contact about. First things first, my dad is coming into town in a few weeks and he’s going to want to meet you.”
“What? Oh no. What if he hates me?”
“Are you kidding? He will love you.”
I could feel a tornado of out of control emotions twisting inside me, as he rubbed his hands softly up and down my arms. The contrast of the two was overpowering rational thoughts.
“You are going to be fine. I’ve already told him about you. He’s very excited to meet you.”
“He is?”
“Yes. Now, do you have any dresses?”
The question took me off guard. I shook my head.
“We’ll have to get you a nice dress before he gets here. Oh, and some heels, he likes heels.”
I just continued to stare at him. I would have to get a nice dress? I guess my clothes were probably not nice enough to meet someone like Cale’s dad. I didn’t mind wearing dresses – I just never had a reason to wear one.
“I’ve got to get back to the house, we have a rules meeting with some of the younger brothers tonight. I will text you later.” He tapped my nose with his finger and it made me smile.
“You look scared. It’s just my dad, Jenna. I know it’s weird but he thinks girls should look a certain way, conservative, I guess. I just want you to be as comfortable as possible and not have to worry about anything. So let me take care of the little things okay?”
“Okay.” For some reason it came out as a whisper.
He headed toward the door, stopping just as he cracked it open. “You should call your mom and let her know about all of this. She is waiting to talk to you.” Flashing a beautiful smile at me, he slipped out the door.
Seconds later the door flew open and Katie came running in. I couldn’t move. I stood staring at her. She covered her mouth with one hand while pointing at the cell phone with the other. I could see the smile forming as she dropped her hand.
“Everyone wants that phone. I didn’t even know you could buy them yet!” She squeaked before running over to me. She picked up my hand that was holding the phone. Her face looked like I had just won the lottery.
She shook her head as she snorted out a loud Katie laugh. “I don’t know what Jenna you decided to pull out, but well played, my friend, well played.” She patted me on the back as she fell onto the couch. “Come and tell me all about it.”
“I need to call my mom first. I think I need to talk to her about everything that’s going on. I stared at my new phone, flipping it over a couple times, before looking back at my roommate. “Can you help me turn this on?”
>CHAPTER TWELVE<
I walked into the hallway trying to figure out how to explain all of this. Since I was confused by most of it, I had no idea how to begin to explain it to my mom. My stomach knotted into a ball and I rubbed my temples, trying to ward off the pain this kind of stress always brought on.
Tension rolled through my body. I needed privacy, somewhere I could sort through everything that had happened. But where do you go for privacy in a tower full of girls? The stairwell was the only place to go.
I pushed through the door harder than I meant to. It swung open hard, slowly clicking shut behind me. Silence took over. My reflection stared back at me from the panes of glass that lined the
“Oh my gosh, Cale. This is amazing. I don’t even know how to use this thing,” I said as I ripped into the packaging and pulled it out. I flipped it around in my hand, trying to figure out how to turn it on.
“You are a smart girl and the directions are in the bag.”
“Thank you. I feel like I shouldn’t take this from you, but I’m going to anyway!” I laughed as I hugged the phone to my chest.
“Since you agreed to be sponsored, this is the first thing I felt like you needed. I have to be able to get a hold of you.”
“You do?”
“Yes. There are things we’re going to have to be in contact about. First things first, my dad is coming into town in a few weeks and he’s going to want to meet you.”
“What? Oh no. What if he hates me?”
“Are you kidding? He will love you.”
I could feel a tornado of out of control emotions twisting inside me, as he rubbed his hands softly up and down my arms. The contrast of the two was overpowering rational thoughts.
“You are going to be fine. I’ve already told him about you. He’s very excited to meet you.”
“He is?”
“Yes. Now, do you have any dresses?”
The question took me off guard. I shook my head.
“We’ll have to get you a nice dress before he gets here. Oh, and some heels, he likes heels.”
I just continued to stare at him. I would have to get a nice dress? I guess my clothes were probably not nice enough to meet someone like Cale’s dad. I didn’t mind wearing dresses – I just never had a reason to wear one.
“I’ve got to get back to the house, we have a rules meeting with some of the younger brothers tonight. I will text you later.” He tapped my nose with his finger and it made me smile.
“You look scared. It’s just my dad, Jenna. I know it’s weird but he thinks girls should look a certain way, conservative, I guess. I just want you to be as comfortable as possible and not have to worry about anything. So let me take care of the little things okay?”
“Okay.” For some reason it came out as a whisper.
He headed toward the door, stopping just as he cracked it open. “You should call your mom and let her know about all of this. She is waiting to talk to you.” Flashing a beautiful smile at me, he slipped out the door.
Seconds later the door flew open and Katie came running in. I couldn’t move. I stood staring at her. She covered her mouth with one hand while pointing at the cell phone with the other. I could see the smile forming as she dropped her hand.
“Everyone wants that phone. I didn’t even know you could buy them yet!” She squeaked before running over to me. She picked up my hand that was holding the phone. Her face looked like I had just won the lottery.
She shook her head as she snorted out a loud Katie laugh. “I don’t know what Jenna you decided to pull out, but well played, my friend, well played.” She patted me on the back as she fell onto the couch. “Come and tell me all about it.”
“I need to call my mom first. I think I need to talk to her about everything that’s going on. I stared at my new phone, flipping it over a couple times, before looking back at my roommate. “Can you help me turn this on?”
>CHAPTER TWELVE<
I walked into the hallway trying to figure out how to explain all of this. Since I was confused by most of it, I had no idea how to begin to explain it to my mom. My stomach knotted into a ball and I rubbed my temples, trying to ward off the pain this kind of stress always brought on.
Tension rolled through my body. I needed privacy, somewhere I could sort through everything that had happened. But where do you go for privacy in a tower full of girls? The stairwell was the only place to go.
I pushed through the door harder than I meant to. It swung open hard, slowly clicking shut behind me. Silence took over. My reflection stared back at me from the panes of glass that lined the
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