Read Online Chasing Trouble (Texas Trouble) by Becky McGraw - Free Book Online Page B
Authors: Becky McGraw
Ads: Link
told him then pressed the button to turn on the TV before pressing the one to start the movie.
"Totally necessary in my mother's opinion, I'm sure."
"Why do you think she feels that way? Did she have a thank you party for the doctor who circumcised you? Jenny asked with a chuckle and shook her head.
Chase sputtered and h is face turned even redder, before he answered, "Um, I don't think so..."
"Did she have a party for your pediatrician when you got your first innoculation?"
"Um, no don't think she did that either, but he was about a hundred years old and looked like a hunchbacked raisin," Chase hooted.
"What does how I look have to do with anything?" Jenny asked him and glanced at the TV where a trailer for a Terminator movie flashed on the screen.
"My mother wants grandchildren, and is on a mission to marry me off," he told her wryly. "She's been at it a couple of years now, and I have to say her taste has definitely improved." Chase's eyes caressed her face, then a slow grin spread over his.
Tingles spread through her and Jenny dragged her eyes from his back to the TV. "She's barking up the wrong tree," Jenny said flatly, then hit the fast forward button to move through the animated movie trailer that followed the one for Terminator.
"My mama thinks that as long as she believes it's a good idea, it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks...and like I said she's persistent when she's got something in her head."
"Well, this is one time when she won't be getting what she wants," Jenny told him firmly. "I'm working on joining Doctors Without Borders and going to Africa."
It was something she'd been thinking about, but the more she thought about it, the better the idea seemed to her. It would take her a hundred years to pay off her student loan debt working at the hospital.
She heard Chase suck in a breath and looked over to see his eyebrows were drawn together and his smile was gone. "What?" she asked.
"Why the hell would you do that? You have a good job that pays ," he said in a low serious voice she'd never heard him use before.
"It doesn't pay enough to cover my student loans, and if I commit to two years they're forgiven and I start fresh."
"If you're still alive to do that," he said shortly.
Jenny snorted, then told him, "It's not dangerous, Chase."
"I beg to differ, there are a lot of places in Africa that are very dangerous, not just because of political unrest either. Disease is rampant, and there are tribes where women are just chattel and are traded for goats and shit...especially beautiful blond women."
Warmth spread through Jenny at his compliment and his concern, but she shook it off then teased, "I'd like to think I'd be worth at least two goats."
All of a sudden Chase was beside her and he grabbed her shoulder with his good hand. "It's not funny, sugar. I'm being serious," he told her gravely with worry in his expression.
"I haven't joined them yet, I'm thinking about it...seriously."
"How much are your loans?" Chase asked her quickly.
Jenny didn't think that was any of his business and she pinched her lips then studied him for a second. She had no idea how their light conversation had transitioned to this heavy subject, something that really wasn't any of his business.
"How much, Jenny?" he repeated a little more forcefully.
"Two hundred thousand dollars," she finally admitted with a huffed breath and jerked her shoulder from his grasp.
"Holy, crap!" he hissed, then unmindful of his sling, he used both hands to turn her toward him. "How the hell did you rack up so much?"
"Med school ain't cheap," she said with a twist of her lips, "And I had a legal problem , so I had to borrow more to help fix it." She wasn't going into that with him for sure.
"I'll pay them off," Chase said quickly. "If you come to work for Rhodes Drilling and Exploration, I'll pay it all off, and pay you a nice salary."
That got her attention and Jenny shifted on the sofa to face
"Totally necessary in my mother's opinion, I'm sure."
"Why do you think she feels that way? Did she have a thank you party for the doctor who circumcised you? Jenny asked with a chuckle and shook her head.
Chase sputtered and h is face turned even redder, before he answered, "Um, I don't think so..."
"Did she have a party for your pediatrician when you got your first innoculation?"
"Um, no don't think she did that either, but he was about a hundred years old and looked like a hunchbacked raisin," Chase hooted.
"What does how I look have to do with anything?" Jenny asked him and glanced at the TV where a trailer for a Terminator movie flashed on the screen.
"My mother wants grandchildren, and is on a mission to marry me off," he told her wryly. "She's been at it a couple of years now, and I have to say her taste has definitely improved." Chase's eyes caressed her face, then a slow grin spread over his.
Tingles spread through her and Jenny dragged her eyes from his back to the TV. "She's barking up the wrong tree," Jenny said flatly, then hit the fast forward button to move through the animated movie trailer that followed the one for Terminator.
"My mama thinks that as long as she believes it's a good idea, it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks...and like I said she's persistent when she's got something in her head."
"Well, this is one time when she won't be getting what she wants," Jenny told him firmly. "I'm working on joining Doctors Without Borders and going to Africa."
It was something she'd been thinking about, but the more she thought about it, the better the idea seemed to her. It would take her a hundred years to pay off her student loan debt working at the hospital.
She heard Chase suck in a breath and looked over to see his eyebrows were drawn together and his smile was gone. "What?" she asked.
"Why the hell would you do that? You have a good job that pays ," he said in a low serious voice she'd never heard him use before.
"It doesn't pay enough to cover my student loans, and if I commit to two years they're forgiven and I start fresh."
"If you're still alive to do that," he said shortly.
Jenny snorted, then told him, "It's not dangerous, Chase."
"I beg to differ, there are a lot of places in Africa that are very dangerous, not just because of political unrest either. Disease is rampant, and there are tribes where women are just chattel and are traded for goats and shit...especially beautiful blond women."
Warmth spread through Jenny at his compliment and his concern, but she shook it off then teased, "I'd like to think I'd be worth at least two goats."
All of a sudden Chase was beside her and he grabbed her shoulder with his good hand. "It's not funny, sugar. I'm being serious," he told her gravely with worry in his expression.
"I haven't joined them yet, I'm thinking about it...seriously."
"How much are your loans?" Chase asked her quickly.
Jenny didn't think that was any of his business and she pinched her lips then studied him for a second. She had no idea how their light conversation had transitioned to this heavy subject, something that really wasn't any of his business.
"How much, Jenny?" he repeated a little more forcefully.
"Two hundred thousand dollars," she finally admitted with a huffed breath and jerked her shoulder from his grasp.
"Holy, crap!" he hissed, then unmindful of his sling, he used both hands to turn her toward him. "How the hell did you rack up so much?"
"Med school ain't cheap," she said with a twist of her lips, "And I had a legal problem , so I had to borrow more to help fix it." She wasn't going into that with him for sure.
"I'll pay them off," Chase said quickly. "If you come to work for Rhodes Drilling and Exploration, I'll pay it all off, and pay you a nice salary."
That got her attention and Jenny shifted on the sofa to face
Similar Books
