Breaking the Story by Ashley Farley

Author:Ashley Farley [Farley, Ashley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ashley Farley
Published: 2016-03-25T04:00:00+00:00

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An awkward silence fell over them as they headed back toward the causeway. Scottie suspected Guy would abandon their cause in the morning, twenty-four hours earlier than the cutoff date she’d set at his insistence. She didn’t blame him. She’d pack up and go home with him if she could. Nothing had gone their way all day, and she was beginning to doubt Pierce Brosnan would show up at all. She only hoped the story would keep until she returned from Rio.

She felt a pang in her chest when she realized she might never see Guy again.

All the more reason to make the night memorable.

Guy found a spot close to the entrance to Wal-Mart in the nearly empty parking lot. “Divide and conquer, same as last time?” Scottie asked, once they were inside the store.

“Fine,” he said in a clipped tone.

“I’ll go to the bed and bath section if you’ll grab some bottled water and a few snacks.” They each grabbed a cart and took off in opposite directions.

Scottie spared no expense on the items she selected. Might as well have the best comfort money could buy at Wal-Mart, considering she was saving hundreds of dollars on hotel rooms. She filled her basket with plush throw blankets and feather pillows, thick bath sheets and washcloths. She went to the hardware section and bought two battery-operated lanterns and citronella candle buckets to fight off the bugs. In the grocery section, she found a roll of toilet paper and a bottle of liquid bath soap. When she caught up with Guy, he was already in line at the checkout. In addition to the bags of Doritos and Cheetos and a box of Frosted Strawberry Pop-Tarts, he placed an Igloo cooler and a large bag of ice on the conveyer—needed to cool down the twelve-pack of Corona Light, bottle of Chardonnay, case of Dasani water, and individual-size bottles of Simply Orange juice in his cart.

I have to introduce this guy to Will, she thought. If his eating habits are any indication, they will be fast friends.

Guy ripped into the carton of Corona as soon as they got back to the car. Using the bottle opener on Robbie’s key chain, he popped the cap off and drained half the bottle. Dropping the bag of ice on the pavement to break up the chunks, he loaded the Igloo with drinks and spread the ice on top.

“Here.” He tossed her the car keys. “Do you mind driving?” Guy removed another Corona from the cooler before slamming the rear door shut.

The silence continued on the way back to the beach access lot. Guy finished his first beer, and then guzzled most of his second. When they arrived, he hopped out of the SUV. “If you can get the bag of snacks, I’ll head down to the beach with the cooler.”

Since she first met him in the airport parking lot, Guy had gone out of his way to be helpful to her, but this behavior bordered on rudeness.

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