A Jersey Kiss (Jersey Romance Series) by Troy Georgina

Author:Troy, Georgina [Troy, Georgina]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Green Shutter Books
Published: 2013-08-13T18:30:00+00:00

FIFTEEN

January - Icy Breezes

Bea was walking Flea down on Greve De Lecq beach with Paul and Shani who wanted to stay occupied and keep her mind from dwelling on her situation with Harry, when her phone rang.

“I’m useless with this thing,” Bea said struggling to retrieve it from her jeans pocket bulging with change, old carrier bags and kitchen paper. “Hi, Mel, how are you?” she asked, noticing the number on the screen.

“Fine, but I can hardly hear you; it’s a really crappy line.” She sounded put out that Bea wasn’t going to be having the usual lengthy chat with her.

“It must be the wind. I’m on the beach.”

“Huh, rather you than me. Anyway, I phoned to ask if you remembered to buy the tickets for us to have a table at the Christmas charity ball this weekend?”

“Charity ball?” Bea turned her back to the wind in a vain attempt at muffling the noise.

“Yes, for Burns Night, the one with the black-and-white only dress code.”

“Oh yes,” Bea remembered thinking she had better get on and buy something to wear for it. “The tickets arrived in the post while I was away.”

“Great, I don’t suppose you’ve managed to find the time to shop for your outfit yet?”

“You presumed right.” She pulled the collar on her jacket up higher to shield the phone from some of the wind. “Flea, get away from the sea.”

“Ok, then we must arrange to go shopping to get ourselves sorted,” continued Mel. “And Shani, she needs to find something a little less, um, obvious.”

“Mel, don’t be rude,” Bea said, wondering why her sister felt the need to put people down like she did.

“What was that all about?” Paul asked, pacing along beside her, his pedometer firmly attached to the waistband of his jeans.

“Only Mel,” she puffed, doing her best to keep up with him. “About Burns Night, we bought tickets remember?”

Shani and Paul looked at each other vacantly for a moment. “Never mind the ball, we still can’t forgive you for lying to us about spending Christmas with your parents,” she said. “Mel told us you hadn’t gone, so you must have spent the day on your own. I was horrified to think of you with only Flea for company.”

Bea wasn’t surprised to discover that Mel had told them, she never could keep out of other people’s business. She wrinkled her nose. “I know, I’m sorry about keeping it from you, but I quite enjoyed not having to bother sitting around a dining table and anyway Flea is great company, he doesn’t argue back or give me a hard time about anything,” she said smiling at them both in an effort to soften her words.

Shani shook her head. “You’re impossible, but we love you anyway.”

“I forgive you, sort of. Right, about the ball.” Paul waved Bea on, encouraging her to keep up the pace. She stuck her tongue out at him. “You could look a little more excited.”

Shani groaned. “I don’t have anything to wear.”

“Which is why I gave in to Mel when she insisted we go shopping tomorrow afternoon.

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