Don't Murder Me by John Meany

Author:John Meany
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2013-11-27T04:30:00+00:00

“Right.” He hesitated. “Another date.”

***

That night Ashley could not sleep.

She lay in bed, hugging her pillow, while thinking of Troy.

Spending time with him had been refreshing. Troy had made Ashley feel at ease. Excited, she could not wait to go to the beach with him. Once there, she planned to be more open, more trusting.

CHAPTER 37

In the wee hours on Sunday morning, thunderstorms rumbled through town. Yet, by the time the sun had sprouted, the skies had cleared and Ashley already had her car packed for the coast.

She, Troy, and the baby arrived at the beach in Pleasant Point at nine-thirty.

“I’m so happy the rain moved off,” Ashley remarked, while pulling her Toyota into a crammed parking lot. The sign on the white ticket booth advertised that it cost $15.00 to leave your vehicle here. A tanned surfer with zinc oxide under his eyes stood collecting the money. His board leaned against the ticket booth.

“Are you sure you don’t want me to pay half?” Troy asked, reaching for his wallet.

“No. I told you, I‘ll pay for parking and for the beach badges too. You can take care of dinner.”

“Okay. I can handle that.”

After they unloaded the car, they hit the sand. Along the boardwalk, digital sounds reverberated from the arcades. Ashley and Troy could also smell, from the snack bars, hot dogs and hamburgers.

“Holy crap!” Troy commented, gazing at the seemingly endless throng of sunbathers, who, like he and Ashley, all seemed to have umbrellas. “I knew there would be a lot of people here, but this is insane.” He had been given the task of carrying the beach chairs, the cold thermos and the cooler.

“Hey,” said Ashley, now kicking off her flip-flops, “just look at it this way, if we would have gone to Seaside the crowd would have been bigger than this.” The blinding sun made her dark shades twinkle.

“That’s true.”

“I guess the ocean must be warm if there are that many people swimming.”

“Must be. Look at that fat guy on the raft.”

“It looks like it is barely holding him up. Huh hah!”

“That’s funny. What a character.”

Although it took a bit of time, Ashley eventually located a vacant spot near the salty sea where they could be settled. The small waves crashed soothingly ashore.

“Let’s set up the umbrella here,” she suggested, dropping her towel, flip-flops, lotion, and knapsack. Kimberly clung to Ashley’s neck and shoulders like a panda bear. The baby had on her cute droopy hat. “I know it’s close to the water, but I don’t see anywhere else we could sit.”

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