Edge of Something More by Andi Loveall

Author:Andi Loveall [Loveall, Andi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: falling in love, social issues, cheating, dating and sex, Swoon Romance, college, New Adult, men
Publisher: Swoon Romance
Published: 2015-11-08T16:00:00+00:00

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June 10. He dreamed about it—saw the number glowing green just like her eyes.

He woke up early, feeling the bed shake and lying there listening as she rustled around in the dark.

“Going jogging,” she whispered, leaning down to kiss him. “Want to come?”

He grumbled a no and rolled over, pretending to go back to sleep. A second later, she had her shoes on and was out the door, heading down the trail.

He sat up and looked out the window at the first hints of sunlight in the sky. He only had one shot at pulling this off. According to Cora, her usual route took her down the hill, out to the front gate, and all the way down to the main road, which, if he calculated correctly, would give him about twenty minutes.

He could still feel the mushrooms in some subtle way, but he felt really clear, especially for having such little sleep. He was blessed with the eyes of a child or maybe some alien creature that had never been somewhere like Earth. Layers of unrealized filth had been cleansed, every painful memory washed away by a massive psychedelic tsunami.

“On June tenth,” he said aloud as he headed over to the kitchen. “She was born.”

He imagined baby Cora, tiny and crying in her mother’s arms. He thanked God for her, praying for the power to make the best surprise birthday breakfast of his life.

He tried to embody Raven, dancing around the kitchen like a multitasking machine, blending and prepping and spicing. He made strawberry-peach smoothies, pouring them in two of the nicest glasses. He made toast, sprinkling powdered sugar on top, and he got a potato and red pepper stir-fry going in the skillet. He started a pot of coffee, set the table, and gathered a few wildflowers from outside, sprinkling them across the surface.

He stood back and looked at it. It was beautiful, but not beautiful enough.

He found some tea-light candles in the cupboard and lit them in lines along the center of the table, which really improved things. Then, since he had the time, he got her present out from under his bed and hauled it over, stacking it in the center of the kitchen floor and placing a big green bow on top. Raven drove him into town to get it the other day.

She still wasn’t back. Hopefully she hadn’t stayed down at the house to use the Internet.

He took a seat outside to wait, fanning himself with his shirt. His armpits were dripping with sweat from the adrenaline rush. This was the kind of thing he did for Jess, one of the good things about their relationship that he didn’t regret. He missed this sort of giving.

He closed his eyes, visualizing her coming up the trail. She was coming any minute now, making that final charge up the steep part of the hill, her ridiculously tight ass muscles rocketing her forward. Up the hill, around the back of the building and …

“Oh hey.” She appeared, breathless and glistening with sweat.

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