A Second Chance...
He was content with his life; at least that's what Rob had been telling himself until seeing Jordan again. Spending time with her and her boys has Rob re-evaluating his life. Making up for his past mistakes won't be easy, but the chance of having Jordan back in his life makes him want to try.
Will a summer together be enough to heal old wounds?
MY REVIEW:
Jordan Manning was 16 when she fell madly
in love with Rob Tyler. For two years
they had the best high school romance even talking about their future together
and dreams of a family. That was all
shattered when they were at a party separately and Jordan caught him making out
with the biggest slut in the school.
She was so angry and hurt she had to learn
to move on especially since he never bothered to come and try and explain why
he even did what he did. Unfortunately,
when she looks at it now 13 years later she is still hurt and a little angry. Yet, Eric had come along and was there to be the man who would be that guy for her. Her prince charming. But her ex who had been the
all-American and class president was totally not what everyone thought he
was. Hell, not even what she knew he was
before she married him. He had her fooled
too. It wasn’t until after they married
that he showed his true horrible colors.
Eric was controlling, abusive, and money
hungry. He was totally selfish to the
point of being jealous of their own boys.
He didn’t want children he told her once she became pregnant he just
wanted her to be a working professional. Who didn't want to have to share her. When the beatings started she couldn't believe she was that girl. He even told her she ruined his plans for a bright wealthy future. From that moment on he planned his escape from his family. To the point of how he could leave them the
poorest. If the courts would have
allowed it he would have too. But that
didn’t work in his favor because do to his gloating and drinking with Jordan on
last time he caused an injury accident so she sued him. (Now mind you this was a joy ride she did not
want to go on but he took a heavy hand to get her to go so she went.) He is a big shot so he settled out of court
and then out of the blue relinquished custody of their boys saying he never
wanted them in the first place. Another way to get out of paying for them. Such a nice guy!
So, to finish recovering and get away with
her boys all alone without family fussing over her like she has had due to her
injuries for several months. She takes
them to a beach house in a small Virginia Beach town. She rents a house for a month and even though
the boys grumble they do as their mom asks.
Joe is 12 and Jake is 8, they are much older since the accident
especially Joe, since he heard his so called father disclose his hatred toward
wanting the boys in the first place and then of course the accident his mom was
in because of his dad. Poor kid had aged right before her eyes.
On their way to find the grocery store in
the little town they stop to ask for directions and guess who it is? You got it Rob! Life since they last saw each other looks
good on him. He offers to show them by
jumping in the car. Since he called her by
name the boys were not afraid of him just curious, so she explains he was a friend from
high school. Once they knew that they
were all over him with questions about the area. Even invited him to dinner which he
shamefully accepted.
See how these two deal with the undealt
with emotions from the past and move forward.
Or can they? Is there enough true
friendship left to find their way back to maybe become something to one
another? Can they even move through the
past hurts with real truths and honest? Will
the boys get hurt again or are the adults too afraid to even take the first
steps?
I really enjoyed the realism of the story. The dynamics of the blended family emotions
was so true. The pains of a broken
family and the ways of the adult to choose to live their lives can affect the
child’s so badly. The pains of parting
and making up can become a drug of its own for the couple but when children are
involved you have to put them first.
Sometimes to the extreme. I think
that was Jordan’s path at first out of protection not only for her heart but
for her children that she was forgetting to allow them to live and be
children. Also for her to still be a
woman and not just a mom. I give this 5++++
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