ATTENTION! ATTENTION!
Guess who stopped by to answer some questions for us? Bowen Driscol from Tessa Bailey's Risking It All novel. EEEKKK!!!!
The BookWhisperer: I think my first question for you, Bowen, is why did you push Ruby away
after she learned who you were to her? In my mind, this would be the
best
time to build on your relationship as sister and brother. Did you push
her away to keep her safe?
Bowen Driscol: Protecting someone is a hard habit to break, so yeah, that played
into it. Every day, things get a little worse for me and I needed to cut ties
before they went bad for my sister, too. It didn’t help that she was about to
reunite with our mother…and I wanted no part of that.
The BookWhisperer: We found out that you paint; which I think is amazing! Do you paint to express
your emotions? When did you start painting? Also, where do you think
you learned it (or got the creative gene) from?
Bowen Driscol: (laughs) We’re getting pretty deep here, huh? I can say
without a doubt that the creative gene wasn’t passed down to me…it just showed
up one day. I needed to do something with my hands besides fight, you know? One
day, walking home in the neighborhood, I saw this kid painting a store window
and decided to give it a shot. It saved me. At least until Sera could find me.
The BookWhisperer: You took on a dangerous role when you signed up to help Sera. What drew
you to help Sera in the first place even though you didn’t know her?
Bowen Driscol: Her eyes. My girl’s eyes are
peaceful. Even when she’s angry, she…comforts me. No one ever looked at me the
way she did. Like she was trying to see past everything…the surface bullshit
that everyone thinks it important. She wanted to see me.
The BookWhisperer: You have an adorable nickname for Sera, “Ladybug,” where do you think that came
from?
Bowen Driscol: (slow smile)
The first time I saw her, she was waitressing and Jesus, she was awful. She
didn’t belong in that bar, that world, and it was obvious. She was showing her
spots, just like a ladybug, hard as she was trying to disguise herself. One
look at and anyone would know she was good. The kind of good you protect at all
costs, because the world would be a shitty place without it.
The BookWhisperer: We left you joining a new group - so how do you truly feel about
working
for the good side now?
Bowen Driscol: I’m there for Sera. I get to have a life with her in Chicago. An
apartment. Take her to dinner. I’d move to the fucking moon for that. Rubbing
elbow with cops makes that possible, so I’m there. I’d work with cops the rest
of my life for even a single day with her.
The BookWhisperer: Do you think that this work will clear you slate of all its dark marks
and
possibly make you worthy of Sera’s love?
Bowen Driscol: Worthy? I’ll never be worthy. But when I’m with her, she
makes me forget about the dark marks. I’m her man – that’s it. Darks marks and
all. And some days, I’m grateful for those dark marks because they prepared me
to protect my Sera.
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