Making Waves: A Perfect Kisses Novella by London Ophelia

Author:London, Ophelia [London, Ophelia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: past love, Reunited Lovers, Cindi Madsen, small town romance, Marina Adair, hawaii, surfer, famous, Julia London, clean, Catherine Bybee, novella, sweet
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2014-06-16T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Will hoped what he was about to tell her would clear the air and give them a chance to start over.

Or maybe, after she heard what had happened, it would just be over.

Justine had gone very still. “I don’t remember everything that happened that night.” She took another step away from him. He didn’t follow. “I do remember crying. A lot.”

“Yes, you cried a lot.”

“You showed up at my apartment. Why?”

He felt his brows knit together. “We had a date.”

“We did?” She blinked slowly, looking baffled. “I don’t remember that.”

“We had dinner plans. I was there to pick you up but you were…” He paused and ran a hand over his face, not enjoying recalling the memory. “You were hysterical, not making sense. You didn’t want me to stay but I wasn’t about to leave.”

“I…don’t remember that part, either.”

“Okay.” He turned to face her, leaning a hip against the railing. “I’m going to fill in some holes now,” he said, then waited for her to nod. “When I showed up at your apartment that night, you were pretty out of it.”

“Meaning?”

“You’d been drinking.”

“Right?”

“A lot, Justine.”

“After Anna’s mom called, I raided my liquor stash.” She rubbed the back of her neck. “But after that…”

“It took a while for me to get the story straight, but I finally pieced together that she’d drowned.” He paused, trying to gauge her reaction. She looked okay so far. “You were sad…inconsolable, and you were out of alcohol. You wanted to go to a bar, so you took off out the front door before I could stop you. It was pouring rain and you were halfway down the block when I caught up.”

Justine touched her forehead. “Rain?”

“You fought me at first. The only way I could get you into my car was to promise we’d stop at a liquor store.”

Her eyes were wide. “Did we?”

“No. I took you to my place where you’d be safe and I could watch you.”

“Oh.” She dropped her hand. “Then what?”

He couldn’t go on right away, but looked out toward the sky to watch a pair of birds, stalling. “Earlier that night,” he finally continued, “when we were still at your apartment, you told me something. You said you would never step foot in water again. You swore you wouldn’t go near it, that it was evil, your enemy. I understand that—it took away your best friend. You were sad and angry, and you were afraid.” He exhaled a long breath, remembering how her words had affected him and his decisions that followed.

“After that, I couldn’t tell you about being Chase, Juss. I didn’t know how to say that I spent half my life as a surfer, in the ocean. You were hurting so much. So I didn’t say anything about it, I just took you to my bedroom. After a while, you passed out.” He lowered his eyes and shook his head. “I don’t know, maybe it was the wrong thing to do. I thought leaving a note was for the best.

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