If I Loved You Less by Tamsen Parker

Author:Tamsen Parker [Parker, Tamsen]
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter Thirteen

Despite staying out to a late-ish hour the night before, Theo hauled out of bed in the dim hours of the morning to catch some waves before much of the island was awake. Of course, she saw the glow of the backroom of the bakery on her way to the beach. Most mornings she’d go for a quick few runs on the beach just outside the back door of the shop, but some mornings she took the time to go a little farther and catch waves on other beaches. It was amazing how much things changed a few hundred yards away.

She could’ve stopped to say hello to Kini, but she was still feeling a bit overfull from the party last night. It had nothing to do with the fact that she’d tossed and turned for most of the night having dreams of Kini and Jessica walking down a shell-lined aisle on the beach, both wearing flowy white dresses and crowns of plumeria and standing in front of a judge to say their vows. What the hell was that, anyway? Maybe she could drown some of those images in the surf.

On the beach, the sand was cool on the soles of her feet. The sun was still rising so it wasn’t hot the way it would be later on, the way that would make the tourists dance on their toes. No, it was water-logged still, and she made prints with each step that would vanish shortly because sand this wet wouldn’t hold its shape.

The water, though, once she’d gotten close enough for the waves to lick at her toes, was warm. It was always warm. With her feet sinking into the sand as the water rolled in and drew out, she watched the waves until she figured out the sets and then waded farther out, board under her arm. Once she was hip-deep, she laid her board in the water, hopped stomach-down on top, and paddled out to where she’d be able to catch a decent wave to ride back into shore.

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