Chapter 11
Erin hadn’t spent much time in the main house other than the few occasions when she’d gone into Joey’s room late at night. He didn’t invite her to dinner, and she never asked to come. They had s*x, and she went back to Jack’s trailer. She had little interaction with Jack’s brothers or his younger son. She knew Ben because he was friendly to her every afternoon, coming to see if she wanted to hang out with the horses. He was a nice kid. Nicer than anyone else was to her at this point in her life.
One afternoon, she was crossing along the yard when she noticed Charlie Rydell, Jack’s eight-year-old son, sitting on the porch. He was crying. She stopped dead and looked around. There wasn’t another man in sight. Charlie held his head down and no one else was close by. She hesitated.
