Love in Lilac by Suzanne D. Williams

Author:Suzanne D. Williams
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: young adult romance, juvenile relationships, juvenile fiction, Christian fiction, beach reads, romance, teenage romance, values & virtues, love & romance
Publisher: Suzanne D. Williams
Published: 2015-03-27T00:00:00+00:00

Apollo had never been particularly close friends with Megan Tanner, but they attended the same high school and had some of the same friends. She was nice enough, inclined to be a bit Richey-Rich at times, but not snotty.

Her family lived in an enormous house. He’d been there twice before, once with his parents for a Christmas party, and the second time to take her some school work she’d missed after being sick for a week. Both of those incidents gave him some foreknowledge of how impressive it was in scale. Lilac looked a bit stunned by the size of the house as did Melissa. But it had that effect on people at first glance. Yet if you looked close enough, you saw it had flaws.

Much like people. Christine came to mind. She was attractive on the outside, but her heart was colored several shades of gray. He didn’t see her upon entering the house, but did spot a number of other people he was familiar with. He took Lilac around the room, introducing her to this one and that one, then wandered outside with Stefan and Melissa in tow to where a bonfire was being prepared on the sand.

Tables draped with red-checkered cloths had been set out on the patio. In the center of each was a tropical flower arrangement set with unlit candles. Lilac spent considerable time staring at the display.

“Heliconia,” she said, “and Butterfly ginger, and these are Phaelanopsis orchids.”

The fact she happened to know their names should have surprised him, but didn’t.

“And that’s a Cattleya. Here, smell.”

He obliged her. It was quite fragrant. “Not as nice as lilacs,” he said.

She smiled at him for that and hooked her hand through his arm. They stepped into the sand, the warmth seeping immediately into their shoes.

“Can we go down to the water?” she asked.

He cast a look behind for Stefan and Melissa, but they’d found a seat on the logs at the soon-to-be bonfire’s edge. Lilac, not waiting for his reply, tugged him forward.

The waters of the Gulf swished back and forth across the sand. Seagulls with gray wings and black heads squawked and argued with each other for space. A tiny brown bird darted in and out of the receding waves. Apollo folded her fingers in his and walked down to the edge. However, Lilac, heedless of her shoes, detached herself and plunged right in.

“Won’t that ruin the leather?” he asked her.

She’d caught the edge of her dress up in her hands, revealing her knees and a very nice length of leg. “Probably.” She waded up to her calves. “If only I could take this back with me,” she said.

“The water?”

She glanced over her shoulder at him. “The sound. The fragrance. The freedom.”

He made no remark to that. Freedom like she wanted could only be found by letting go of her anger. But he wouldn’t remind her of that tonight. He stretched out a hand. “Come back or you’ll be drenched.”

She whirled, releasing her skirt, which flew out around her and slapped into the next wave, the tail of it sinking into the water.

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