Chasing Yesterday by Shiralyn J Lee

Author:Shiralyn J Lee [Lee, Shiralyn J]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Shiralyn J. Lee
Published: 2015-05-30T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Waking up to a 5:a.m. alarm, Heather slipped out of her bed and drew open the cream curtains to let the early daylight flood in. The sun—a deep-rich orange, was rising over the mountains—the clear sky filled with light hues of pinks and yellows, and the lush-green leaves in the trees rustled with the light breeze flowing through them. She opened the window, and for a few minutes she listened to the finches chirping away, and absorbed the freedom that she had once felt before. Contented, she headed to the bathroom to take a shower.

She stood beneath the warm spray of water, lathering the shampoo in her hair, when Jessie knocked on the bathroom door. “I’ve made a fresh pot of coffee,” she called and headed back downstairs, where she had been for the past hour clearing up the mess from the night before. Blue was outside entertaining himself by rolling in the dry dirt and making happy whiney sounds as he enjoyed his play. Jessie filled a bowl of fresh water for him and left it on the porch by the front door.

A while later, dressed in her jeans and a chequered flannel shirt, Heather joined Jessie in the kitchen. She poured herself a large mug of coffee. “Damn! That’s good first thing in the morning.”

Jessie was sat at the table going through some bills, she raised her eyes to look up at Heather. “I like it strong, if you like yours weaker, then add more water to it.”

“No, it’s perfect.” Heather looked out of the window to see a silver colored car driving up to the house and Blue excitedly running toward it to greet the occupants. Her eyes widened when she saw Edie climb out of the driver’s side and whom she assumed to be her daughter Livy, get out of the front passenger side. Blue jumped up at the girl, who in return gave him a pat on his head and fussed over him as they approached the house.

Heather immediately made her way to the open door and met Edie and her daughter on the shaded portion of the porch. Edie was dressed nice in a white-flowy dress and strappy sandals. Her golden-brown hair shone from the sunlight reflecting on it and her eyes seemed bright and vibrant, as if life had suddenly enveloped them. She carried her car keys with the ring on her finger and jingled them happily as she drew closer to Heather. “Hi,” she said warmly. “This is my daughter Livy. She was so excited about helping out with the horses that she wanted to come right on over and get stuck in. I have to drive her here and pick her up of course.”

Livy grinned and showed a mouth full of metal braces. She was a sweet looking girl, overly-skinny, long dark-brown straight hair that reached down to her lower back, her youthful face still had that fuzzy peach-like appearance and her long eye lashes intensified her deep-set brown eyes. Her shoulders hunched inward and her feet pointed inward, a typical teenage girl.

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