Guiding Our Hearts by Grace Roberts

Author:Grace Roberts
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grace Roberts

CHAPTER 14

HARRISON

“No. No way. Forget about it.”

Maggie shook her head, her arms crossed tightly over her chest. We were on one end of Carrick-a-Rede, the famous rope bridge in Northern Ireland, and every attempt to get her to cross it with me had proven useless.

“I told you I don’t like heights, and walking on a teetering bridge twenty-five meters over a chasm is definitely something I don’t intend to do. You’re the daredevil—go ahead and cross it. I’ll be here, watching you. I’ll even take pictures.”

I laughed. She was going to cross that bridge with me if it was the last thing she did.

I reached over and uncrossed her arms, grabbing her hands. “You’ll be fine. Look, there are kids crossing it with their parents. They wouldn’t let people walk on it if it wasn’t safe.”

“The Titanic was supposed to be safe too.” She struggled to free her hands and I squeezed them tighter, chuckling. We’d visited the museum of the Titanic while in Belfast and she’d kept saying how unbelievable it was that such a majestic ship had snapped into two pieces like a KitKat bar. It was funny she would now compare it to a simple bridge. I liked that overly cautious side of her. It made me laugh, and had the potential to balance my recklessness if we ever became a couple. I blinked. No. That’s not likely to happen, McNally. Get back on track; you’re just friends.

“Just think what an amazing story you’ll be able to share with your family and friends when you go home! And I’ll be right behind you, don’t worry.”

“No. Just no.”

I pulled her to me. “Come on, Maggie. It’s going to be fun!”

And then everything changed. She looked up behind my shoulder, and suddenly she squeezed my hands tightly and tears glistened in her eyes. I turned around and saw it: a faint rainbow across the sky, ending in the water below the cliff. My mouth dropped open. When she’d explained the reason behind the rainbow, I’d thought it might have been just a series of coincidences, just like all the times I’d convinced myself my mom was with me or I thought I could feel her presence. But now… Was it just another coincidence, or could this belief about her brother be real?

“Let’s do this,” she said, pulling me toward the bridge with a determined stride. I smiled. I didn’t care if it was a coincidence or a sign from her brother—it had changed her mind, and that was all that mattered.

The bright smile on her face and her squeals of delight once we reached the other side made me want to freeze that moment in time. I couldn’t understand how she’d gotten under my skin in a way nobody ever had, and so fast it almost made me feel dizzy, but I couldn’t deny it, either. The ticking clock in my subconscious that brought me closer to the moment I’d have to say goodbye was getting louder, my heart sinking further with every moment that passed.

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