al

se. But the canoe just kept snaking back an

but I couldn’t hear what he was saying over the

s, no matter what I di

ont of the canoe and pushed off

k under control. I powered the rest of the way through the

l. By the time we pulled up next to Han

nk said, exasperated. “Jeez, couldn’t you

up inside me to tell the bastard off once and for a

,” she pointed out. “See?

arm. Between the two women holding us back, we ended up having a glari

final word on the subject before turning back to

kward from ten. Or rather, eighteen. Because this was Jocelyn’s eighteenth birthday celebra

s,” I grumbled to Jocelyn as I turned t

orry. Dad didn’t want me to

ssurance, but instead I just stared at her. “That wasn’t a c

ubbing her thumb over her nails, a nervou

ly seemed to make her more agitated. I sighed and pa

crawled back to the

ss as she moved. Once she was settled, I opened the motor up full throt

king myself, since the very second she turned her back and fled from me. I’d been a thousand kinds of stupid, misr

ted eyes trailed up my body. The feel of

ould be like to kiss those

n for the lifejacket she’d been wearing, I’d have probably openly appreciate

izing about Jocelyn. Even away at college, I’d wake up with my dick in

ut his motor, tilted it up, and slid gracefully up

ke a jackass of myself. We hit the sand smoothly, and Jocelyn jumped right out and pu

oat pulled halfway up on shore, tying his off as well. Then he

his trip, well, I was glad. She knew the sc

ine to offload it somewhere I couldn’t see through the trees. Were we supposed to

be blue. They were going

” Hank chuckled as he kis

en Jocelyn grabbed two sleeping bags, and I got to watch her ass wiggle as she deftly d

sely tied stuff on top of our heavier gear. Once we’d cleared that, Jo

ver here with the pillows and seat cushions?

er handle to stop myself from decking Hank. It was clear father and daughter had developed a r

ng Jocelyn like an infant,

ank grunted as he heaved

lked the cooler up the i

at area with a makeshift picnic table of sorts made of stumps, branches, and boards to

ler down, however, he frowned at a framework at one side of the pic

unters?”

can build crap like this to hang up the moose carcasses. I’ll fix it in a minute. Let’s get unpacked first.” Ha

ollowed him bac

’t know whether to thank or curse God that she’d sweated unde

was too late. I tripped over the tie

n, I know the view’s spectacular, but you need to pay attention and be

ew? He

st Jocelyn’s shoulder. There was a bald eagle si

I whi

here all week. We want to get camp set up so we can

d to help Hank with t

rategically placed dead trees that Hank had hammered into the ground at some

lk” to start putting up their tent

olutely useless in getting the tent she would be sharing with Hank together.

to place, but she’d fed them wrong in the first place, so nothing

eirs, only to see Jacey’s was already standing across from m

I said quietly, c

you know, you were getting all

lyn’s tent. “You’ve even got your c

k too much. I mean, we put tarps down inside the tents, bu

over the back of my neck. “Listen, Jocelyn,

om asked helpfully, popping her head o

h

yn replied quickly. “When I

doing something nice for you,

trip?” Hank pitched in, his

a microscope to find any enamel by the time we got home. “No. I di

celyn finished quickly. “Luckily

shouldn’t have yelled

“You’re right. I sh

red her throat. “Anyway, do you

t, but not the one we were assemblin

er tent and zipped the second flap clos

would just get a

” Hank said. “You’re shar

. That mo