Beauty in It by Chelsea Camaron

Author:Chelsea Camaron [Camaron, Chelsea]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Chelsea Camaron

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Channing

“Fishing teaches a man to be patient. You don’t always get the right catch on the first drop of your line. You must wait until the fish is the perfect one for you.” Gramps favorite quote before tossing back the first catch every single time he took me fishing.

Blinking, I stare at the ceiling once again. How many mornings has my day started just like this?

Far too many to count.

I get lost in her.

I get lost in the peace we have together.

As the clock ticks and the seconds continue to pass, I find contentment right here, like this.

The most beautiful woman I’ve ever met draped over me while I lay on my back listening to her even breathing while staring at the popcorn ceiling over us. As simple as this very moment is, I find it to be a beautiful day in my broken life. Another morning where the only peace she can find in the darkness of the night comes wrapped around me.

She says I chase the bad away. I’ve never told her, but she chases the chaos away for me. There is a calm I find with her. A peace inside my very soul like I’ve never felt before.

Hell, I’m a biker. Calm isn’t part of the world I live in.

In the beginning, her nightmares were frequent. I avoided going away overnight. Even knowing I would return, the panic sometimes won even in the light of day. Early on, it was hard for Laura to settle down unless she was in my arms.

Inhaling, the lavender vanilla mix of her shampoo invades my nostrils. A smell I crave like a hound dog on a hunt.

Pathetic.

This woman came into my life at a time when things were truly good.

Calm even, well on the outside. In my head, there is no relief. My mind spins constantly, playing out scenarios where I lose everything. One wrong move, and poof, no more Hellions.

No more family.

I know that feeling. The one where the person who matters most is gone. See, there are so many things in life we can come back from… except in death, there is no second chance.

I know loss.

Know it fucking well.

What I don’t know is love, companionship, and the friendship possibilities outside of the Hellions MC.

I am a simple man. It doesn’t take much in life for me to count my blessings twice. Then again, I think when you come from absolutely nothing, everything feels like a win.

Gramps raised me to enjoy the humble life. In fact, long after he was gone, I still lived my life minimally. I used to think it was a problem inside of me that I didn’t get attached to things. Other than Gramps, I didn’t get attached to people.

With Laura, I find myself anxious when we’re apart. At first, I brushed the feeling off. Recently, I realized the energy I feel when I’m away from her is actually me missing her.

And what a feeling it is.

I wouldn’t say I like it.

What I do like is mornings exactly like today.

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