All Chapters of A Hidden Truth: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Jaxon stared out the window of the bus as high desert and sagebrush rolled past. He was on his way to Kotter’s Folly, Texas. It was a medium size city in Trailbrush County. In fact, it was the county seat. The city had a community college, a large park with a manmade lake, lots of bars and restaurants, an event center, and a huge fair ground where they hosted the county fair and rodeos.There were clubs and church groups that helped the community and kept the population involved and interconnected. He missed the sense of community he’d felt when he lived here. It was his childhood home until the age of ten, then his father moved the family north.Jaxon spent the next thirteen years in Boise, Idaho. Graduated from Boise High School and atte

[Jaxon] I didn’t know how much more I could take. It had been three days since I’d arrived in Kotter’s Folly and Beau’s idiotic obsession with hoaxes and conspiracy theories, along with Bobbi’s near constant matchmaking efforts, were driving me mad. The only solace I had was that I didn’t have to deal with it while working at Red’s ranch.They’d started me out with some physically difficult, mentally unstimulating manual labor. It gave me time to reflect. Time I desperately needed.When I’d woken up the day after I arrived, I dug thr

[3rd person] The final period of the day was study hall. Juniper had set up her schedule like this so she could have time to get her own work completed before tutoring. She’d been leading more and more homework help groups in class, though, and today was heavy in history lessons because of the test coming up on Friday.At least there was only one normal tutoring session after school. Then her friend, Tammy, would spar with her and help her with her fighting form. She’d been envious of the teen MMA fighter for having parents who allowed her to participate in something so violent. Juniper would wake early in the morning to run and would often stop in the g

Juniper and Jaxon headed back outside. She pulled out her cell phone.“I’m gonna call Bobbi so she doesn’t worry ‘bout you.” She told him.“Thanks. I can just hangout here and wait.”“You’re gonna miss supper with your family while the tire gets fixed. I am offerin’ you a dinin’ companion, not a date. You really gotta get over yourself, Jaxon.” Juniper laughed again, remembering his refusal of her number.“Not gonna live that one down anytime soon, am I?” He groaned.

[Juniper] I stood in front of the entry to my school. In seventh period, I’d gotten a note from my crush asking me to meet him there after school. It seemed like it was some sort of set up. Not the kind people were always trying to get me in. I kept thinking, he was going to do something to hurt or embarrass me. At least, that’s what my brain kept telling me.We belonged to very different social circles. If my friends found out about it, they would tease me endlessly. So, I was hoping he was looking for a tutor in Civics or Comp. Sci. The classes we had together. Though, I remembered him being bad at math in the past....