Prologue

"Rebekkah, can I ask a favor?" my Aunt Claire asked me. She had a habit of expecting me to do things for her, because she felt that I owed her. She let me move in with her before I went to college, to save me from my father.

"Yes Aunt Claire." I kept my answer short because I knew that's what she liked. She was an angry person and liked control. I always kept things short with her even though I was an extremely talkative person.

"Carly is going on a road trip through Texas, her father doesn't want her going with just her friends, so I was wondering if you'd go and watch over her?" Carly was my Aunt's step-daughter, she was also a fellow cheerleader with me. Her father was very overprotective. Carly and I got along just fine; we weren't much alike with her being the super bitch and me always trying to be nice to everyone, but I considered her my friend.

I didn't want to go, but I never said no. "I guess I can do that, but…" I was then interrupted by Carly's scream of glee. She must have been eaves dropping.

"Daddy, Bekks said she'd go. I'm going to call Ryan and Holly." She bounced out of the room her medium length, shiny, blonde, hair trailing behind her. I sighed and shook my head. I wasn't looking forward to this trip.

Chapter 1

After four hours in the car with four people who didn't know me or really didn't like me, one who was too dumb to ever shout up, and Carly, I was ready to get out of the car. "When are we stopping? I need to stretch." I said to Riley, who was driving. Riley was really tall, and he was pretty nice compared to his twin brother Ryan. They both had green eyes and black hair, Riley's was shaved though.

He looked at me through the rearview mirror and said "I'll stop at the next gas station, Grandma." Riley, Ryan, and their best friend Sammy had been making fun of me all day because I had worn a dress. My dress went to right above my knee, was a pretty yellow, my favorite color, and was strapless. It was nothing a grandma would ever wear in my book, but to them it was too conservative. I'm sorry I don't dress like a slut like your girlfriends.

Another half an hour went by with me in silence before Holly yelled, "There's a gas station, stop! I so have to pee." Holly was pregnant; I was really surprised that she'd made it four hours in the first place. Riley pulled over and we all jumped out except for Carly.

"Carly, why are you sitting in the car? Come on." Ryan, her boyfriend, said. I just kept walking and went up to the front counter.

"Hello ma'am, I was wondering if there are any hotels or restaurants in the area." I said with a smile, the lady that was manning the counter didn't really seem interested until I said ma'am. She looked up and smiled at me with a content look in her eyes.

"Well, sadly, just about everything here in Travis County has closed up, but me and my family run a bed and breakfast up the road a bit." She said to me.

"Thank you so much, I'm Rebekkah, by the way." I said as I extended my hand to shake hers.

"I'm Luda Mae, and I like your dress Rebekkah." I blushed seeing as she was the first person to say anything nice about it all day. "I like when girls wear dresses, it makes them look nice and decent."

"Well, thank you." I smiled and turned around when I heard bells above the door ringing. Carly and Ryan were standing in front of the door. Carly's face said it all, she thought this place was disgusting and she wanted to leave. "Luda Mae offered her house as a place for us to stay; she's going to make us dinner."

"Lovely." Carly whispered. She then grabbed Ryan's hand and walked back outside. Holly and Kenzie followed them outside.

"Well, let's get going." Luda Mae said. She went outside and got to her car. We all followed her to a big, white house in a field. Luda Mae leads us all inside and that's when I see a man in a wheel chair and I big guy behind him. The big guy seen me and instantly turned around and walked out of the room. The moment I seen him, I felt something in my heart hurt. The look in his eyes was so sad and made me want to run to him. I wanted to be with him. Luda Mae started talking to us all, "This is Monty, my brother."

"What the fuck happened to your legs?" I heard Sammy ask as I followed Luda Mae out of the room.

"Who was that behind Monty when we first walked in?" I asked. Luda Mae looked at me like she was hoping I hadn't seen him.

"That's my youngest son, Tommy. He's really shy, and new people scare him."

"Why?" I asked. I was really curious about the huge guy I only had a glimpse of. Curiosity killed the cat, I was hoping it wouldn't kill me.

"In school, he was made fun of because he has a skin disease that affects his nose and cheek. People were really cruel to the point that he dropped out in eighth grade. I wish people would just see my boy for who he is, just a sweet, sweet boy." Luda Mae looked like she was going to cry. I walked over and I hugged her. I didn't know why I did it, but it felt right. After about a minute, she turned to me and said "Thank you darling, I'm okay now."