2 Days 'Til Sundae (2 'Til Series Book 1) by Heather Muzik

Author:Heather Muzik [Muzik, Heather]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hambone Press
Published: 2011-05-16T04:00:00+00:00

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It was a beautiful afternoon and she was on a lake that supposedly drew tourists in the summer. She grabbed her key to the cabin and her phone and headed out toward the water, intent on forcing herself to face any demons she might find there. If she could do this, she could definitely handle a grouch like Joel Trager.

When she reached the water’s edge, she found a trail skirting the rim and took it to the right. The cabins were stationed on a cove and she could see that the water opened up wide in this direction, where she could just make out small light-colored spots that were houses amidst the trees on the opposite bank.

Her family had been to a lake like this one summer with Josephine, the last summer with Josey. It had only been a couple hours’ drive deeper into western Pennsylvania, a man-made lake that was purposely flooded to create a water reservoir. She didn’t know what had created this one, but it was beautiful. She remembered canoeing and fishing on that trip. How they had cooked the fish they caught and she’d been so disappointed because it tasted nothing like fish sticks. She remembered swimming in the cool lake, much cooler than their neighborhood pool at home. It was a perfect summer. Their last perfect summer.

Catherine wondered how she had pushed the memories of her sister aside for so long. The fears she had kept—of drowning or disappearing—but the memories…. She had allowed her adult life to push away the sadness as well as the happiness—every vestige of her sister’s existence. It wasn’t right. Maybe seeking out this toy was absolutely ridiculous, but it felt like a connection to her sister and to her younger self who had made the promise never to forget Josey. She reached up and grabbed the ring around her neck, moving it back and forth along the chain.

Up ahead she saw a large flat rock jutting out over the water and she climbed up on it; there she sat and watched, mesmerized, as tiny bubbles popped on the shiny surface wherever little fish came up from the other side and nibbled at unseen food. And just a few feet off the shore, there was a log mostly submerged in the water and a turtle sunning itself on top. It was all so peaceful. The only signs of humanity were a few picnic tables across the cove, a small dock, the houses that looked like mere playhouses across the way, and a lone motor boat at rest in the water with a statuesque fisherman aboard.

She shifted to pull her phone out of her pocket, crossed her legs and held her lifeline in her hands. She thought about what she wanted to say. Today was important, and Georgia knew it. Her friend had been there for her and with her for every birthday since they first met in college. They were roommates by chance; friends—no, sisters—by choice. But now here it was… the day that should have been Josey’s 29th birthday, and they were miles apart.

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