Dragonfly Summer (A Smith Mountain Lake Novel Book 2) by Cooper Inglath

Author:Cooper, Inglath [Cooper, Inglath]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Fence Free Entertainment
Published: 2015-06-12T16:00:00+00:00

I SEE HIM as soon as he rounds the bend that leads into our cove. He’s got the boat wound out. Carson is up front, his ears flying back in the wind.

Bowie glides to a stop just short of the dock, raising his hand in a wave. “Hey,” he says.

Carson barks.

I wave at them both, trying to keep my eyes on Bowie’s face so that I don’t look at his mouth and think about what it was like to kiss him.

He’s wearing swim shorts and a T-shirt, his hair standing up a little from the wind. His shoulders are noticeably wide, and his arms are defined with muscle. I glance away as he takes my hand while I step onto the boat.

Carson trots over to greet me. I reach down and rub his ear. He rewards me with a lick on the back of my hand. I look up at Bowie then and see that he’s just about to call Carson back, but I say, “It’s okay. It’s nice to be welcomed like that.”

I sit down on the seat next to the driver’s chair, looking out behind us as Bowie pulls away from the dock and hits the throttle until we’re zipping across the water.

Lots of boats are out for the summer weekend. Sailboats drifting lazily along with the help of a light breeze. Sea-Doos cut back and forth, looking for the roughest water to allow for the most airborne antics. A skier rides behind a sleek-looking boat roaring up behind us.

Bowie glances in the rearview mirror, stares for a moment and says, “Isn’t that Evan?”

I look closely then, saying, “It is! Wow, he’s doing great!”

We both wave then as the boat cuts by on the left, a young girl driving. Evan spots us, lifts a hand to wave and promptly tips forward into a face plant.

“Oh, no!” I say, feeling terrible for him.

“We’ll zip back and make sure he’s okay.”

We glide to a stop just short of the ski boat. The pretty girl driving lifts a hand, no doubt wondering who we are.

“That’s my mom,” Evan calls out from behind the boat. “And Mr. Dare. And Carson.”

The girl looks at us and smiles openly. “Hello. Nice to meet you. I recognize you from the marina, Mr. Dare. I’m Analise. Sam Tatum is my dad.”

“Nice to meet you,” we both say in unison.

“I’m a regular at the cafe,” Bowie says. “The cooking over there is ruining me. In fact, we’re headed over for lunch now.”

“It smelled good when I left,” she says.

“Skier down back here,” Evan yells, teasing.

“Sorry about that,” I direct back at him. “You looked good though.”

“I have a long way to go, but Analise is a good teacher.”

“All right then, we’ll leave you to it.” I feel Analise’s gaze linger on my face.

“Oh, my gosh,” she says. “You play on Aimless!”

“Did,” I say.

“Evan!” Analise admonishes. “How could you not tell me that?”

“It’s not really his kind of show,” I say, trying to cover up the awkward moment.

“But you’re his mom, and that’s fabulous!”

“Thanks.

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