In the Rough by K.A. Linde

Author:K.A. Linde [Linde, K.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: K.A. Linde Inc.

15

“I love you. I’ll always love you,” Preston coos into my ear.

I lean back into his arms with a sigh. This is right.

* * *

“Honey, did you need to stop?” Linh asked.

Trihn shook herself from her daydream in frustration and stared at her mom sitting in the passenger seat of their Mercedes SUV while her dad drove.

A week had passed since she confessed her love to Preston. He hadn’t responded, but she was sure he felt the same. She didn’t want to rush him even though she couldn’t help but think about it and what it would be like when he said those three beautiful words. Unfortunately, for the next week, she would be on her stupid family vacation without him.

“No, Mom, I don’t need a break. We’re almost to the Hamptons anyway,” she said, slumping back in her seat.

Her mom gave her a motherly look that said she wasn’t going to take this attitude from her youngest daughter throughout the entire vacation. Trihn just slid her Bose headphones out from her oversize Kate Spade bag and drowned out all the other noise in the car. She wouldn’t mind going back to that daydream.

She checked her phone for the umpteenth time and sighed at the lack of response. She knew Preston was working and not normally all that talkative during the day anyway, but still…she missed him. She hadn’t even gotten to say good-bye because he was so busy.

As she and her parents drove into the Hamptons, Trihn’s eyes slid over the stunning mansions. Each was bigger and more outdone than the next. For someone who had grown up and lived her entire life in a townhouse surrounded by millions of other people, the giant houses and wide open spaces in the Hamptons were a thankful reprieve from the city. But by the end of the week, she was always ready to get back to her home.

Her father turned down the street where the house they rented for a week every year sat as untouched and as beautiful as ever. She slipped her headphones off her ears and leaned forward in the seat.

“Glad to be back?” her father, Gabriel, asked.

She nodded. “Yeah. A lot of good memories here.”

He pulled into the driveway and parked in one of the three empty garages. Trihn popped open her door and hopped out, inhaling the balmy sea air.

“Where’s Ly?” Trihn asked. “I thought she came up yesterday.”

Linh waved her hand. “Oh, I asked her to pick up some things that I forgot for the welcome party tomorrow night.”

“You got her to go to the store for you?” Trihn asked with wide eyes.

“Lydia was happy to help.”

Trihn rolled her eyes. That didn’t sound like her sister. “Okay,” she said disbelievingly.

She grabbed her bag off the floor of the SUV and trudged toward the house. She was halfway up the stairs when her mother called her back into the kitchen.

Trihn sighed and then ditched her bag at the foot of the stairs. “What?”

Linh held up a piece of paper and waved it at her.

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