A Walk Along the Beach by Debbie Macomber

Author:Debbie Macomber
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2020-07-13T16:00:00+00:00

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Harper’s dark mood continued for the remainder of the week. She was a bear to live with. I did my best to ignore her melancholy state and go about my own business, pretending all was well. Not once did she show up at the coffee shop between her classes for her special drink. Obviously, she was doing everything possible to avoid me. With no other choice, I let her.

Her friends from the training group who made the entire climb up Mount Rainier invited Harper to the victory party. It surprised me when she decided to attend. I should have known she would. Although she was bitterly disappointed, Harper put on a bright smile and celebrated with her friends, going out of her way to congratulate them.

Finding an apartment within her and Leesa’s budget was proving to be more difficult than either of them had imagined. Every afternoon for the next week, the two girls went out on the great apartment search, finally seeing one that they could easily swing, rent-wise.

“How was it?” I asked.

Harper groaned. “The entire building should be condemned.”

“That bad?”

“Worse.”

“I’m sorry.”

Sinking onto the sofa, Harper let out a discouraged sigh. “I never dreamed it would be this difficult.”

I sympathized, but there wasn’t anything I could do. Leesa lived with her parents, and I knew she was desperate to get out on her own as much as Harper was.

In the middle of Harper’s angst, Sean was busy getting ready to travel to the Philippines. Not knowing how long he would be out of the country, I made a point of seeing him every day. He worked ridiculously long hours, sorting through all the photos from his trip to Bolivia and getting them ready to submit for publication. For these two trips to land almost on top of each other had stretched him to the limit. His ordeal with typhoid had set him back two weeks, and he worked every spare moment to make up for the time he’d lost.

With Harper out of sorts and Sean still recovering and working all hours of the day and night, I felt like the peanut butter between two slices of bread. Both seemed to need me. Harper would rather bite off her arm than admit it. I know she was disappointed with missing out on the mountain-climbing adventure. Her struggles to find a decent apartment depressed her further. She felt off in other ways, too, and I found myself stressing about her health. I didn’t dare mention it. Far be it for me to let her know I was worried!

Bandit seemed to know Sean was about to leave. He moped around the house and lost his appetite. I wasn’t in much better shape myself. The closer the day came to when Sean was scheduled to go, the lower my spirits were sinking. I tried to hide how I felt, but Sean easily saw through me.

Two weeks after he announced he’d gotten the assignment, we dropped Bandit off with Logan to dog-sit until Sean returned.

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