An Unexpected Turn

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Peyton</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>After a risky affair cost me my self-respect my credibility and almost my job I jump at the guidance counselor position that opens up in Uncle Keith's small town. He's the only father I've ever really known and the one I can turn to-even when I can't tell him why.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>No one here knows what a mess I am and this clean slate seems perfect. At least until I run into my old crush who's only gotten better looking with age.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I won't be another man's dirty little secret even if that crush I had as a teenager blossomed into something much more-something I can't face.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Reasons Why Absolutely Nothing Can Happen Between Us:</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>1.Jake is the single dad of one of my new students.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>2.Age gap. Age gap. Age gap.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>3. He's my uncle's best friend.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Jake</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I didn't realize the curvy brunette I flirted with outside my son's school was my buddy's sweet shy niece all grown-up now. I know better than to get involved.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>My marriage crumbled leaving me and my son with damage we're still repairing. The last thing I need is to start something with someone fourteen years younger. Did I mention she's the police chief's surrogate daughter?</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I'm old enough to know better but I can't keep my hands off her. I never expected to fall this hard. </span></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Even though it's all wrong nothing has ever felt this right.</em></p>