the minute this baby comes wailing and screaming into the world, they’re going to have me wrapped around their little finger.
I’m going to become the yes man.
‘I’m going to be everything Lucy needs,’ I promise.
‘Lucy? You’re naming the baby already – you don’t even know what we’re having,’ she laughs.
‘I can feel it in my gut. Sometimes you’ve just got to go with it.’
She pulls my head up towards hers and kisses me so sweetly I just about die from sugar overdose. This woman has been my best friend, my co-conspirator, my confidante, my lover and my wife.
Now I can add mother of my child to the list. Fuck. Life really doesn’t get any more perfect than this.
BONUS CHAPTER - Carron
From the author:
I’m so pleased there has been so much positive feedback about Ruined and the characters that made the story come alive. I completely understood why so many of you either wanted to know more about Angel, or didn’t feel like you got to know him well enough in the first book. This was purely because I tried to shield his character from being revealed too early. But, like most of you, I feel in love with him! Did you know before I even started writing Ruined it was my intention to kill him off? Oh my god, I think I would have copped some flak for that one. So due to popular demand, this is why I wrote Ruining Angel.
Despite the popularity of Angel, though, some of you really wanted to know if Carron got his happy ever after. I love that Carron is the embodiment of a pure gentleman, and I too wanted a happy ending for him. So because it has been requested, I have included a little snippet of his life after Bailey leaves Astoria.
I hope you enjoy it!
Shelly Pratt.
A LITTLE BIT OF CARRON
The day Bailey finally boarded up her house and left with Emmett I knew I had to let go of the pipe dream I had that things could actually be fixed between the two of us. I loved her, so, so much.
But it was never enough. There was always something holding her back. Now I know what it was I realize there was no way I was ever going to compete with that.
I tried to convince myself she wasn’t as broken as what I thought she was. Perhaps I even deluded myself into thinking that I was special enough to make a difference. There were many times I thought I could change her, make her love me just as much as I did her. What a fool!
And her brother! Honestly, I don’t even know what to think of that.
I try not to dwell on that because I can’t see someone as beautiful as Bailey involved in something so ugly. I’m trying to come to terms with the fact that it wasn’t just another man, but a family member, for Christ’s sake. She tries to justify her actions, but as much as I’ve listened to her reasoning, I still can’t connect the dots.
She promised to write. Or call. I forget. So far, no word. Not that I was really expecting it – but I wanted it. But that’s not reality. The princess who just rode off into the sunset with her white knight never comes rushing back into town to say she’s made a mistake now, does she?
I’ve buried myself in work. I like to think it helps with forgetting about the girl I wanted to be my bride, but really I’m just that dog tired that I’ve become too numb to think about it. Her mom called not long ago to see how I was. That was awkward, to say the least.
Work today is going to be busy. I can tell already. I’ve only been on shift for five minutes and already we’ve had three casualties, a man suffering a heart attack and a laborer who put a nine inch nail through the bone of his index finger. I’m supposed to have a new nurse today, but so far I’ve seen neither hide nor hair of him.
The ER is filling up, patients are getting cranky and I haven’t even had a coffee yet. I need another set of hands, so I go off in search of Sean Trilby, the new nurse that has been assigned to work in the emergency department.
One of the regular triage nurses is
I’m going to become the yes man.
‘I’m going to be everything Lucy needs,’ I promise.
‘Lucy? You’re naming the baby already – you don’t even know what we’re having,’ she laughs.
‘I can feel it in my gut. Sometimes you’ve just got to go with it.’
She pulls my head up towards hers and kisses me so sweetly I just about die from sugar overdose. This woman has been my best friend, my co-conspirator, my confidante, my lover and my wife.
Now I can add mother of my child to the list. Fuck. Life really doesn’t get any more perfect than this.
BONUS CHAPTER - Carron
From the author:
I’m so pleased there has been so much positive feedback about Ruined and the characters that made the story come alive. I completely understood why so many of you either wanted to know more about Angel, or didn’t feel like you got to know him well enough in the first book. This was purely because I tried to shield his character from being revealed too early. But, like most of you, I feel in love with him! Did you know before I even started writing Ruined it was my intention to kill him off? Oh my god, I think I would have copped some flak for that one. So due to popular demand, this is why I wrote Ruining Angel.
Despite the popularity of Angel, though, some of you really wanted to know if Carron got his happy ever after. I love that Carron is the embodiment of a pure gentleman, and I too wanted a happy ending for him. So because it has been requested, I have included a little snippet of his life after Bailey leaves Astoria.
I hope you enjoy it!
Shelly Pratt.
A LITTLE BIT OF CARRON
The day Bailey finally boarded up her house and left with Emmett I knew I had to let go of the pipe dream I had that things could actually be fixed between the two of us. I loved her, so, so much.
But it was never enough. There was always something holding her back. Now I know what it was I realize there was no way I was ever going to compete with that.
I tried to convince myself she wasn’t as broken as what I thought she was. Perhaps I even deluded myself into thinking that I was special enough to make a difference. There were many times I thought I could change her, make her love me just as much as I did her. What a fool!
And her brother! Honestly, I don’t even know what to think of that.
I try not to dwell on that because I can’t see someone as beautiful as Bailey involved in something so ugly. I’m trying to come to terms with the fact that it wasn’t just another man, but a family member, for Christ’s sake. She tries to justify her actions, but as much as I’ve listened to her reasoning, I still can’t connect the dots.
She promised to write. Or call. I forget. So far, no word. Not that I was really expecting it – but I wanted it. But that’s not reality. The princess who just rode off into the sunset with her white knight never comes rushing back into town to say she’s made a mistake now, does she?
I’ve buried myself in work. I like to think it helps with forgetting about the girl I wanted to be my bride, but really I’m just that dog tired that I’ve become too numb to think about it. Her mom called not long ago to see how I was. That was awkward, to say the least.
Work today is going to be busy. I can tell already. I’ve only been on shift for five minutes and already we’ve had three casualties, a man suffering a heart attack and a laborer who put a nine inch nail through the bone of his index finger. I’m supposed to have a new nurse today, but so far I’ve seen neither hide nor hair of him.
The ER is filling up, patients are getting cranky and I haven’t even had a coffee yet. I need another set of hands, so I go off in search of Sean Trilby, the new nurse that has been assigned to work in the emergency department.
One of the regular triage nurses is
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