Sins of September (26 page)

Monday morning I make sure that Scout and I are all packed up. This trip has been good for both of us.

Scout has spent time with her ma, who doesn’t seem like a ma, but they’ve bonded. I’ve had a come-to-Jesus meeting with myself, and I’ve laid the truth on Henry.

I’ve got everything loaded in the rental car. All that’s left is to grab Scout and say our goodbyes.

Ruth is fussing over Scout, giving her a bag of homemade cookies to take on the plane. “Now you call Gram when you get home, hear?”

“Yes, Gram,” she says nodding.

Henry picks her up and gives her a hug and a kiss. “I’m gonna miss you, Button.”

“Me too, Gramps,” she says, hugging him back. “Where’s Sarah? I want to say goodbye to her.”

Libby’s been nowhere around this morning, and to be perfectly honest, I’m relieved. But I understand Scout’s need to say a proper goodbye to her ma.

“Sarah,” Ruth calls out, “Jesse and Scout are fixin’ to leave. Come down and say goodbye.”

“Be right down,” she hollers, showing more energy and zest than I’ve observed since being here.

She descends the staircase, suitcase in hand. “I’m ready, Jesse,” she says, her eyes now showing emotion and happiness. “I’m ready to go home with you and Scout.”

To the Readers:

I hope you’ve enjoyed my debut novel, ‘Sins of September.’ For those readers who get pissed off by cliffies, it certainly wasn’t my intention to make you angry, I promise. I mean I have been a reader of fiction long before I thought about writing or self-publishing.

So, let’s be pragmatic about this. It’s my first work of fiction. If you think about it from my perspective, I think you’ll agree that before I go and spend more time and effort writing a sequel, it might be wise to see if the readers like this one, right?

I mean, come on! The ARC reviews were all over the place, so that didn’t convince me of the book’s future failure or success.

And if the book totally flops, then at least I haven’t put all kinds of time and effort into writing a sequel that no one wants to read, right?

I knew you’d see the rationale in this.

Besides that, I have no clue until I get reader feedback as to just how the sequel should go. Can you help me with that part?

I’m serious! I want to please the readers who actually liked/loved Sins of September! I owe you, right?

So, how
should
it play out?

Do you think Libby/Sarah is faking all of that amnesia nonsense?

Do you think Jesse will bend and let her come home with him and Scout?

What do you think Jesse’s reaction will be when he realizes that September has left?

Do you think Jesse
really
loves September? Or do you think she was just a surrogate for her mother, the only woman Jesse admitted to truly loving with all of his heart?

Do you want Jesse and September to have an HEA?

At any rate, you all will be the catalysts for my decision to write Book 2.

What do you think about calling it,
‘When September Ends’?

Graysen Blue, is a stay-at-home mom, who has previously self-published children’s book under a different pen name. She graduated with a degree in Economics from Princeton University.

She was born in the U.K., but currently resides on the West Coast with her husband, Michael, and her young daughter, Scout.

If you’ve enjoyed her debut novel in YA/NA romance, please leave a review on Goodreads and Amazon.

A sequel titled, “When September Ends” is in the works and will be released pending favorable reviews for “Sins of September.”