Under the Open Sky (Montana Heritage Series) by Michelle Maness Read Free Book Online Page B

try…” Amanda stumbled for the words to explain how her innocent pleasure at being noticed had turned so sour.
                  “Any girl would be flattered to have the star of the football team notice her, Trent. The smile she gave him was hardly an invitation for what followed,” Angela came to her defense. “Only a guy like Jeff Jenkins would take it as one.”
                  “That…outfit isn’t helping any,” Trent pointed out sullenly.
                  “What? There is nothing wrong with her outfit!” Angela protested.
                  “It’s okay, Trent,” Amanda quickly assured her brother; she wanted to bring the argument to an end.
                  “No, it isn’t, Manny, your brother is being unreasonable,” Cade argued.
                  “Don’t you butt in on this! I saw you look her over at the house when she came out!”
                  “She looks nice; I noticed. When I start whisking her away to be alone with her you can start throwing accusations my way but not until. Good grief, Trent, what are you going to do follow her around and beat up every man who looks her way or has the nerve to talk to her?” Cade demanded of his friend.
                  Amanda glanced between the two men who sat glowering at each other and occasionally to Angela who suddenly looked amused. Amanda watched her brother’s shoulders relax a moment before a smile broke over his face and Amanda felt her insides unknot.
                  “You’re right, I’m being an unreasonable jerk,” her brother acknowledged before turning to Amanda, “I’m sorry, Mandy.”
                  “It’s okay,” she assured him with a relieved smile.
                  “Can we eat now?” Angela demanded.
                  “Best idea I’ve heard all night,” Cade acknowledged before picking up his burger and taking a bite.

Five
     
                  Amanda sat beside Cade as they waited for her brother to return from walking Angela to her front door. The Brown’s home had a deep front porch and without a single light on in the lower portion of the house, the couple was completely hidden in the porch’s deep recesses. As soon as Angela had slid from the cab of the truck Amanda had scooted over to put space between herself and Cade. She now understood what she had not earlier in the evening. She was attracted to Cade Winston. That he had admitted to checking her out earlier only made her that much more aware of him. The trip from town to Angela’s had been torture, his leg pressed against hers and his hard chest behind her shoulder. Having only admired a few guys around school from a distance, being pressed up against one she was attracted to was a completely new experience and she wasn’t altogether sure she liked it.
                  “Do you think they’re sleeping together?” Amanda asked, her thoughts returning to her conversation with Jennifer.
                  “What?”
                  Amanda looked over to find Cade scrutinizing her in the green glow of the radio. A slow ballad played at a low hum but not loud enough to follow.
                  “Do you think Angela and Trent are sleeping together; you know having sex,” she repeated her question.
                  “I think it’s pretty likely,” he finally answered. “Why?”
                  “Jennifer noticed earlier and then I watched them more closely. If Jennifer is noticing it then Dad is certainly…”
                  “Going to notice,” Cade finished her sentence. “Another thing for the two of them to fight about, huh?”
                  “Yeah,” Amanda grimaced at the thought. She knew the peace in the house was tenuous at best.
                  “I’ll say something to him.”