Break Away by Ellie Grace

Author:Ellie Grace [Grace, Ellie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

I wasn’t entirely sure what I was doing anymore. Normally, I didn’t give men the time of day when they flirted with me, but for some reason, I’d gone along with it today. Not only did I flirt back, but I’d agreed to go on a date with the guy.

Brian was good-looking and seemed nice enough, but deep down, I knew it had less to do with him and more to do with the fact that Dex had been watching from ten feet away. I hated playing games, but an overwhelming part of me had wanted to make Dex jealous and give him a taste of how he’d made me feel. But when I saw Dex slink out of the restaurant, my stomach immediately twisted in response.

Was I being a total hypocrite? Perhaps our emotions led us to do stupid things where our hearts were concerned, and maybe I’d been too hard on Dex for what his made him do.

I wouldn’t let myself go down that road. It was time for me to move on. From Dex, from Steven… it was time to start fresh. I couldn’t mope around forever, and it was just one date. I hadn’t agreed to marry the guy. And who knew? Maybe Brian would end up being the perfect guy for me if I gave him a chance.

Despite the pep talk, when Sunday evening rolled around, and it was time to get ready for my date, I was beginning to seriously question my decision. First dates were supposed to be all about excitement and anticipation and nervously trying on six different outfits before finding the one that would leave him speechless. I wasn’t feeling any of those things.

I pulled a cute dress out of my closet, eyeing it briefly before hanging it back up and grabbing a pair of jeans. No sense in pretending this was something it wasn’t.

I knew better than to let some stranger know where I lived, so I was meeting Brian at the restaurant instead of having him pick me up. Since I put little effort into getting ready, I had some time to kill before it was time to meet him.

I began looking through the first batch of photographs that I’d gotten back from being developed. They were all the ones that I’d taken when I first arrived. The photos from the pier on the morning when I first met Dex, various places around Charleston, and all the pictures that I’d taken when I was with Amy, Sadie, Dex and Nate. I flipped through the photos from our first trip to the beach, snapshots of Dex and Sadie building sandcastles together, laughing and smiling. There was no darkness in these images of Dex. I missed his easy smile and carefree laugh. I missed seeing him happy.

As I continued to thumb through the photos, I found ones that I hadn’t taken, and I vaguely remembered Dex playing around with my camera one day on the beach.

They were all of me.

Snapshots of me and Sadie playing in the ocean, and of me and Amy laughing together while we exchanged stories.

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