Chapter 1
New Story!
Chapters may be short at times. Updates may be slow.
This story will only have 20 chapters.
Yes I will use pictures in my story. I try to use them in my stories. Some chapters wont have pictures but there are some readers that have commented about my stories being overrun by pictures and said the story was more of a picture book. If it was a picture book, it wouldn’t have words at all. If you don’t like pictures in the stories, you can skip over the pictures. Simple as that.
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Cast of Characters:
Beth Quinn
Age: 27
Parents: Steven and Dana Quinn(Both Deceased)
Brothers: Brad and Ben
Sister: Brittany
Best friend: Jill
Ex-fiance/Love Interest: Jake Porter
She left for college after high school leaving behind her fiance who had to take over his family’s ranch after his parents died in a car accident a couple days after graduation. They tried long distance and drifted apart. They broke up as friends. She head that her sister was dating one of his brothers. She still loves him and from what her sister said was that he never dated anyone else and just worked on the ranch. She didn’t date either. Something happened to where he blocked her number and refused to talk about her to anyone.
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Jake Porter
Age: 27
Parents: Hank and Elsie Porter(Both Deceased)
Brothers: Jesse and James
Sister: Josie
Ex-fiancee/love interest: Beth Quinn
Took over the ranch after his parents died with the help of his siblings. Dated Beth all through high school and got engaged senior year and she went off to college. They tried to make long distance work but they couldn’t so they broke up as friends. He decided to go visit her and found her hugging another guy and left with him. He came home, blocked her number, never spoke of her again, and ignored everyone else who tried to talk to him about her. He knew he should have talked to her but he thought she moved on and she looked happy which is all he wanted for her. He chose to move on with his life and told his siblings that he wanted to be left alone and to turn her away if she came to visit.
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Brad Quinn
Age: 25
Girlfriend: Jill Baker
Helps keep the ranch going with his brother Ben
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Jill Baker
Age: 25
Boyfriend: Brad Quinn
Parents: Sam and Cara Baker
Only childbirth
Best friends with Beth Quinn
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Benjamin “Ben” Quinn
Age: 23
Helps his brother on the ranch
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Brittany Quinn
Age: 21
Boyfriend: James Porter
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Jesse Porter
Age: 25
Owns a mechanic ship in town with his brother James and helps Jake on the ranch when he can
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James Porter
Age: 23
Girlfriend: Brittany Quinn
Co-owner of the mechanic shop in town with Jesse. Helps on the ranch when he can
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Josie Porter
Age: 21
Attends Texas A&M and lives on campus. She’s only a couple hours away.
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Travis Riker
Age: 27
Fiance: Evan Carson
Best friend: Beth Quinn
Co-CEO of the Carson Accounting Firm
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Evan Carson
Age: 27
Fiance: Travis Riker
Best friend: Beth Quinn
Founder and Co-CEO of the Carson Accounting Firm
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On with the story:
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Beth sat in her office at the Carson Accounting Firm where she was the COO of the firm. She helped start the firm with her two best friends from college, Travis Riker and Evan Carson. They were engaged to each other and were co-CEOs.
“Hey beautiful,” Evan said.
“Hey baby,” Travis said.
“Hey guys,” Beth said
“You okay baby?” Travis asked. He sat down next to her. Evan sat down next to him. They always called her sweet names even though she was a sister to them. They were brothers to her. They all shared an apartment as well.
“I am just thinking about how my life is,” Beth said.
“Single and alone,” Evan said.
“I have you guys for company when you aren’t locked in your room,” Beth said.
“Sorry baby,” Travis said.
“Sorry beautiful,” Evan said.
“We can’t help how much we want each other,” Travis said.
“I know, it’s okay, it’s been awhile since I had that experience,” Beth said.
“Your ex,” Evan said.
“He said we would always be friends, then he blocked me and no one can talk to him about me, he don’t want to hear my name anymore, I don’t understand why,” Beth said.
“Did you go back home and try to talk to him?” Travis asked.
“He told his brothers that he don’t want to see me ever again,” Beth said.
“What do they think?” Evan asked.
“They hate what he’s doing according to Britt,” Beth said.
“But they don’t want to fight their brother,” Travis said.
“No they want to keep the peace,” Beth said. Her phone rang.
“Hey bro, oh god no!” Beth said crying out. She dropped her phone. Evan grabbed it and took the call while Travis gathered her into his arms as she sobbed against him. Evan hung up.
“Babe?” Travis asked.
“Baby we should get her home to the ranch,” Evan said.
“Evan what happened?” Travis asked.
“Her parents were killed in a car accident, a semi truck ran a red light and plowed into their truck, they both died at the hospital,” Evan said.
“Let’s go,” Travis said. They sent everyone home, locked up the office, and headed home to the apartment they all shared. Evan packed a bag for him and Travis while Travis packed one for Beth while she curled up on her bed.
