Finding Summer by Rice Rachel E

Author:Rice, Rachel E.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, texas, new adult, sweet love
Publisher: Rachel E. Rice

Chapter Six

When Summer didn’t hear from Jackson all that day, she began calling local precincts and filing a missing person’s report. She was told to wait forty-eight hours and that she needed more than a first name before they could begin their search, and if he was a veteran, then she would have to notify the Veterans’ Affairs in Houston. All she could do was pace around the house and worry. She walked into his room, looking around. Maybe there was something there that would give her some indication of what had happened to him.

Her mind was filled with thoughts and fears. Maybe his memory came back like his eyesight and he drove home to be with his family. She couldn’t fault him for that. But what she could fault him for was not calling her and taking her car. It was her only transportation. She needed it to get back and forth to work.

All things large and small ran through her mind. Perhaps he left her because he couldn’t make a living. Maybe his memory returned and he wanted to start a new life. She chided herself for thinking those things because she was a good judge of character and he was a good man. She felt he would have called and apologized if he discovered he had a wife and children. He wouldn’t just desert her, leaving her to wonder about him.

“He wasn’t a cruel man. He was a good man,” she murmured.

Summer came to the conclusion that something beyond his control had occurred. She became frantic but she tried to calm herself. She decided she would try to get someone to take her to the nearest car rental. There were neighbors down the road who she could talk to. She would get up early the next day and walk over to the nearest trailer. Earlier, she saw the older couple who lived there sitting outside and looking over and waving. She and Jackson had waved back. They even discussed visiting them.

***

Sleep didn’t come easy. As soon as the sun rose, Summer jumped up, tired from her sleepless night and got dressed in slacks and a sweatshirt, then headed out the door. She didn’t even stop to make coffee. It was a glorious morning with the sun slashing through the trees, highlighting the dew on the grass. She looked around and felt alone. Adam disappeared like the dew in the morning, she thought.

Why had he gone off so quickly once he gained his sight? He could be here with her, enjoying the beauty of this morning. The smell of the fresh air and the walk gave her time to think.

She thought of her eighteenth birthday, when she woke in Jackson’s bed. He sat up, smiling, and leaning over her. She remembered his words.

“Wake up, sleeping beauty. Wake up my angel,” he had said.

“Where am I?”

“You’re in my room…” He gave her a smirk and winked.

“And I’m in your bed?” she questioned.

“Yes, and what could be more wonderful than

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