Life After Perfect by Nancy Naigle

Author:Nancy Naigle [Naigle, Nancy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Published: 2015-05-19T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Katy stood on a craggy rock in Boot Creek hoping the sluice of cold water below would calm her. She stepped gingerly forward and swished her foot in the icy water. Even though it made her almost squeal, it was a welcome relief compared to the hot sun beating down.

Knowing that Ron would soon be getting his wakeup call had made her so anxious that she’d been unable to sleep. She’d unblocked the number on her phone sometime in the middle of the night . . . just so she would know when it happened.

She could ignore him when he called. She hoped.

But knowing was better than waiting and wondering. Not that it really changed anything, but she was a details girl. Sticking her head in the sand wasn’t her style.

Rocks formed a random path across the creek. Although the ones along the creek’s edge were sharp and ragged . . . those toward the center looked worn to a soft sheen.

How many years would it take to rub away the sharp edges with just the movement of water? Hundreds and hundreds for sure.

A large rock rose like an island out to her right.

She held her arms out to the sides like a tightrope walker keeping her balance. Nine well-executed hops and steps, and she’d made it to the big rock.

The chill from the water cooled the air out here in the middle. She sat down and watched the current sweep around her.

A school of minnows headed toward where she stood, then split as if choreographed. Half taking the left route and half swimming right. She spun around watching the two groups partner back up on the other side. A fish jumped somewhere nearby, and when she glanced across the creek, two turtles had crawled up onto the long felled tree that hung precariously from the bank to the water by its roots, its brown leaves clinging to dead limbs as it turned back into earth. One day it would let go and then where would those turtles sun?

Being one with nature had never once been something she’d entertained as a better way of life, but if anyplace could change her mind, it was this creek. The fast pace of her life with Ron didn’t seem so attractive. For all that they’d compromised to earn more and buy more and climb the corporate ladder, they’d missed out on some of the simplest things in life, and she was beginning to regret that. Or maybe it wasn’t so much regret as it was a new appreciation for something different. Something pure.

She pulled the phone from her pocket and checked the time, then tucked it away, once again navigating her way back to the creek bank.

Her phone rang in her back pocket, the buzz scaring her and nearly landing her in the water. She stepped up the pace and hopped over the last two rocks to the shore. She’d missed the call, but then she hadn’t intended to answer anyway. Or had she?

No voice mail.

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