Lonesome Beds and Bumpy Roads — Cassie Mae; Tessa Marie

Lexie Boggs has dealt with enough drama for one teenage girl, and just when she thinks it's about over, the father who abandoned her a decade ago shows up looking for redemption. At least… that's what he says.

Ryan Parker thinks his future is set. He's got a sweet job set up, graduation on the horizon, and a lifetime of dreams he's planned with his girlfriend, Lexie -- including a king-sized bed for their soon-to-be apartment. Only a slight snag tugs at the fantasy when Lexie starts putting aside all she's worked hard on for her deadbeat dad and his “sickness.”

Suddenly school is the only time spent together, and as Ryan expresses his suspicions about why Daddy Boggs is really back, Lexie pulls away, hoping Ryan is wrong but fearing he's right. And as graduation approaches, Ryan and Lexie struggle to keep the futures they thought they had firmly intact from crumbling all over their now lonely king-sized bed.

This is the third and final installment of Lexie and Ryan's story.