All Chapters of All I Want Is You: The Youngers Book 3: Chapter 21 - Chapter 27

Once Josh decided to take the plea deal, things moved more quickly than Emily had expected. By the end of October, she was sitting in the same courtroom where Josh had been charged. Josh sat with both Phin and his JCC officer, Harry Benson, and he hadn’t looked back at Emily once.Emily blew out a breath. Her heart was still pounding hard, and she was glad she was behind the trio of men. Otherwise, she was afraid she might faint. Or sob. Or both.When everything began, Josh finally looked over his shoulder at Emily. He shot her a wan smile. She prayed that the judge would accept the deal and be merciful toward Josh.Phin had warned her that Josh could still spend time in a juvenile detention center. She hated the very thought, but it was still better than adult prison. Anything was better than that.“I accept the plea deal as set forth by your lawyers,” said the judge, “and as such, the lesser crime of theft in the second degree, which is a class B misdemeanor.”Emily waited with

Strangely enough, Emily felt almost energized after her encounter with Sterling. Or maybe it was just the leftover adrenaline that kept her smiling and laughing and taking orders that evening, like she didn’t have a care in the world.If she thought too hard about what Sterling had said, she knew she would stop smiling. And if she thought about how Phin would react once he found out? Well, she decided that she’d think about that later. Preferably in a million years, when it might not seem so daunting.On her break, she wandered into the kitchen and sat down heavily on a stool in the corner. Her stomach rumbled with hunger, but she ignored it. She was still too on edge to keep anything down.Jenson eyed her as he finished slapping a hamburger together. “You look like shit,” he said without preamble.“You’re such a charmer.”He grunted. “Just speaking the truth.” His eyes narrowed as he took in her appearance. Emily had thought she looked as she always did, but then again, Jenson wa

After ten takes that lasted throughout the morning and into the afternoon, Lucy Younger heard her stomach growl so loudly that she was pretty sure anyone within a five-mile radius would’ve heard it, too.“Cut!” yelled the director, Jim Stanton. Jim had a swath of silver hair that tended to expand outward as the day progressed. Lucy wondered if it was from the humidity, or if Jim’s hair expanded as he got more irritable with every take that he inevitably hated. It was rather like watching a cat fluff out its fur, arching and hissing at some threat.“That’s a wrap for now,” said Jim. “Go get some lunch.” He shot Lucy a sardonic glance, and she had a feeling he’d heard her stomach growling. Well, if he let them have lunch breaks before three in the afternoon, she wouldn’t be so damn hungry!Lucy had arrived on Hazel Island in the Puget Sound to film The Last Goodbye a week ago. It was her first movie, and although it was a smaller indie one, it was a huge opportunity for her. If she co

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