Her Las Vegas Wedding by Andrea Bolter

Author:Andrea Bolter
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-12-06T19:37:34+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

“LET’S GO FOR a ride,” Shane said to Audrey when she arrived at the kitchen’s delivery dock. He’d texted her early this morning and asked her to meet him.

“Where are we going this time?”

“You want to take the bike?” he pointed to his nearby motorcycle.

“I most certainly do not want to take the bike,” she scrunched up her nose.

“I know, I know, you’re not dressed for it.” He repeated what she had said the last time when she wouldn’t put the helmet on. Indeed, in yet another prim business dress, today in navy, and her high heels, Audrey was not going to straddle his Yamaha. That was okay. He was only teasing her. With a wave, he opened the passenger door of the Jeep for her to get in.

“Where are you taking me?” She tried again as she swung into the seat and put on her dark sunglasses.

“Somewhere that worked for me in the past,” he closed the car door.

“Okay,” she kindly agreed.

Shane cranked up his rock ’n’ roll and took off. They traveled far away from the Strip and the center of the town. Soon the gorgeous Spring Mountains of the Mojave Desert didn’t have to compete with the pizzazz of the city. He hadn’t taken this drive in a long time but it was one he knew by heart. It was good to be out on the open road, silent but for his music, with Audrey beside him.

It was true about getting things off your chest.

After last night in the pool with Audrey, when Shane had said aloud for the first time that he had never loved Melina, he drove home with agonizing remembrances banging through his head.

As soon as he got to his apartment, he’d crashed facedown on his bed. He’d punched his pillows, screamed and even wept. Cried for the first time since Melina’s death, until he finally emptied what had seemed a bottomless well of grief.

Then, much to his surprise, he felt lighter. His outpouring didn’t minimize the tragedy of Melina’s death. It did nothing to alleviate his guilt, either about not preventing her accident or about not loving her. Yet it had never before occurred to him that he hadn’t been able to get it all said.

Taking the words from inside his brain and putting them into his mouth gave them a perimeter. The words had a beginning and they had an end. It was his horror to face head-on, but it was much better than carrying it around in his gut like a lead weight.

The last thing he could remember thinking about before he finally fell asleep was Audrey in the pool placing her hand on his arm to offer comfort. It was somehow because of her that he was able to face his truth.

The first thing he thought of when he woke up this morning was seeing her again as soon as possible.

The second thought was of Josefina, his longtime pal who reminded him of his grandmother Lolly. It was shameful that he’d been spending this much time in Vegas and hadn’t gone out to see her yet.

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