Dirty Summer: A small town romance serial (A Dirty Summer Episode Book 1) by Paige Violet

Author:Paige, Violet [Paige, Violet]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2020-03-23T16:00:00+00:00

Four

Justyn

Justyn had been called a brooder, and at times much worse. He liked his beer, an occasional dip, and every now and then, the company of a girl. At twenty-six, he valued his time and space more than the warmth of someone sharing his pillow.

He carried his 6’2” frame with confident strides across the sandy parking lot, and threw the six-pack of beer in a cooler. Beads of perspiration started a slow trickle down his forehead, and he knew if he didn’t get on the water soon, the fish would be running from the sun just like he was. Dammit. This Fourth of July was hotter than hell.

He guided the truck under the water oaks, keeping the shoreline in sight. The road seemed to follow the curvature of the small coastline where years of ebbing and tiding had crept up on the weathered pavement of the Harkers Island road. If you asked him, Justyn couldn’t tell you a spot on the island where you couldn’t see the water. As far as he was concerned, if it did exist, it certainly wasn’t worth mentioning.

He had gone to college three hours away. His parents beamed with pride because of his full baseball scholarship, but knew they would miss his help in the boat shop. Commercial fishing was a year-round business, and so was boat building. His father counted on Justyn to put in hours with repairs, boat winterization, and filling new construction orders no matter what time of year it was.

As soon as the last pitch was tossed for the ACC tournament game, Justyn dutifully packed his bat and glove and returned home to help his dad with Strait Brothers Boats and Storage. There was never a question about traveling across Europe, backpacking out West, or even surfing with the guys. His place was on the island.

Justyn always did the right thing, and for those four years during college, that meant spending summers painting, sanding, and launching newly christened boats into the creek. He didn’t remember what he discussed in philosophy class or who was waiting for Godot. What he knew was that he couldn’t stand to be off the island.

He slowed the truck to turn onto the grassy path leading to his boat. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw her. He figured she was only a ding-batter, what he and the other islanders called the many tourists who tried to be local for the summer. Justyn had taken notice of her a few days ago when he saw her loading groceries in the back of a car at Easterd’s. He wasn’t sure if it was the legs, the blond hair, or that attitude of hers he wanted to break that made her stick out in his mind. Whatever it was, he knew he would run into her again. The island was too small not to see her. He had met her type before. She was the kind of girl who thought she was too good for the island, only cruised with champagne in her hand, and nothing was ever good enough.

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