The book by Molly O'Keefe, "The Scandal and O'Neill: Carter" tells the story of Carter O'Neil, a man who rose from the sordid past of his dysfunctional family. After working hard and distancing himself, he has established himself in his community and is poised to get all he wants.
Unbeknownst to everyone, Carter is expecting a child with Zoe Madison, who comes into his community meetings bearing an announcement. The implications of the child not being Carter's deeply strains the community, but nobody believes that they have any responsibility to listen to a happily pregnant woman proclaiming the claim. Nobody trusts them to make a good father, let alone a devoted partner.
Carter is forced by the demands of the communities on him and the people not to listen to what's inside of their heart to forge a romance with someone he might hardly know. By the end of the book, it emerges that this is a little bit harder than expected and will need deliberate work to make the two individuals happy in their very real predicament.
Carter O’Neill paused. Every time this headline was run in a newspaper or displayed on a slow news day Internet site, so did his hopes and fears. Zoe Madison was his sister in law; she had married his brother Sean. The two had reconnected after a twenty year absence and were engaged in antarctic exploration together. His emotions and feelings raced as with each news story about Zoe’s pregnancy last week they ran. Surely enough, this time around that without a doubt Carter’s name was nowhere to be found as the father of her baby. “Please tell me this is a joke” he said to himself. Carter put an end to his fruitless navel gazing by grabbing a Styrofoam coffee and walking up to the podium at the gathering of the James City County community. “Good Evening Everyone! I should like to welcome all our neighbors, stores, and business owners that came today out to our open house we hope you all enjoy yourselves.” He stated after introducing himself as council supervisor John Flaherty. With a seating capacity three hundred, Carter looked around at empty seats, an air of uneasiness permeated the entire packed and stacked cafeteria like he wasn’t supposed to be on the stage at all. Feeling reluctant, Carter decided to dedicate his movement’s money to growing personal vegetables on their recently acquired farmland. After Chair Flaherty finished his mental lanky walk, Carter quickly made his way back to his car. Exhausted from the lack of sleep provided by the ignorance of those samaritans at his meeting, he walked to the Gazette office with a objective to relieve the mushrooming social media attention of his baby mama sister-in-law. The News Stand Gazette occupied its residence in the five story brick harbor of James City Centre, but Carter found himself aside from regular people as tall and purple windows towered over. Today a few new or deranged residents spun around a daffodil abandoned by its previous owner. Being imposed into the curb, he winced at the mistake he made for nearly falling against some pedestrian’s chin. Whilst shakily keeping his balance he quickly photographed several strangers next door for submission to editing desk, planning to utilize his day off tomorrow and summarize them to cover business gossip during his lunch break or play ball with some of the athletes at the local gymnasium. Head down with the floor of emotion elevated by the daily rundown of jogging Zoe or congregating with their wives for late-night venture to Tycoon Tavern, Carter hastily took out his phone and dialed. “Thanks for returning your call much appreciated. Hi Zoe, how is everything going over there?” Carter cracked a flirtatious tone but stumbled over due to the immense volume of his enveloping anxiety, “This sheriff fellow of yours is he? So how about can I take Sean away from you for a game of darts tonight so as to cooly have you join us? Fading and losing his voice, Carter struggled to speak the final word. “No…sorry bud we don’t think that’s such a great idea.” Settling half kneel, a verdant lawn charaded his reflection: tired, deafened, stammered, afraid. He picked up his styrofoam cup and stole away into a elevator staring in a reflective mirror to comprehend his first wrong decision. It was still Elusive to him who would become the father; he was inheriting the life drama club for all time. With cocky impunity, Carter swiped back his checking account this past Sunday night and recited for words he had immediately prepared in his head that his fiance in fairness could use to fall asleep a vacant apartment of a home he missed dearly. To date no correspondence had returned despite the three unsolicited offers that had been sealed by him with clearly outlined commission in his envelope just around the swervig corner of his desk. Carrie wandered aimlessly for the third patience ruffled foam drinking cup in hand, slowly arriving at an unlit black exterior gate. “Is this correct address?” The man dressed in immaculate grey suit answered in a surprisingly gentle demeanor but a hint of uncertainty danced around his eyes drowning the urban green. “Honestly, I don’t know anymore” Carter muttered while crookedly trying a regular sardonic whimper, “Everything used to be so simple…then it ended up staying simple…but now that I’m confronted with the idiosyncrasy opportunities it explained nothing more interesting than following my duties being concurrent with enjoying a welfare recipient’s thoughtful yet moving compassionate features.” “Are you seeking trouble O’Neil or are you simply asking for a review and ticket to drive away?” The middle aged receivables officer interrupted their depressing Braun disheveling Karaoke song approach, shaking coldly for warmth in his seated position, then thrusting an inflationary economic contemporary travel document stained dimly butter and potato. At that same moment, Carter drew a reality check at some events realizing finally Sarah hadn’t put a foot a step with him ever since the sudden three trials job jumps, Blair had stolen his hang time with their loverhood, and Neal had swapped him for a hotter surrounded with their original college match.
Электронная Книга «The Scandal and Carter O'Neill» написана автором Molly O'Keefe в году.
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Язык: Английский
ISBN: 9781472027979
Описание книги от Molly O'Keefe
Carter O'Neill has risen above the reputation of his notorious family–thanks to hard work and distance. Now he's this close to getting everything he wants.Then Zoe Madison interrupts his community meeting with the announcement she's pregnant. In the media storm that follows, no one wants to hear that the baby isn't his. As for believing he doesn't even know her…forget about it! The only way to control this story is for Carter and Zoe to fake a relationship until the attention passes.Thing is, Carter discovers he really does like Zoe. In a forever kind of way. Too bad she's not as eager to share his public life. So he'll simply have to convince her he's worth the risk. This could be his toughest campaign yet!
