Maya and the Queen by Snowe Marian

Author:Snowe, Marian
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-05-03T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nineteen

Maya

June and I had fallen into a habit of going to breakfast together a few times a week. Today, she dropped me off at home so I could get to the garden center for work. She kissed me on the cheek before I got out of her car—it was the farthest we’d gotten, and I appreciated how slow she was taking it.

As I put on my apron in the greenhouse, my head was full of June’s stories of the times she spent in various countries. She’d just been telling me about some exquisite gardens in Athens. Flowers and blooming trees everywhere, overflowing from urns and creeping up marble statues. It sounded like heaven on earth.

“God, I’d love to see it,” I’d said, and June answered:

“Maybe we can go together someday.”

Could she really do that? Take me on a trip to Greece, or wherever else? I knew I sure as hell couldn’t afford it myself. June didn’t seem like the kind of person to be clueless about that, either. Was she saying she’d pay for both of us?

I watered a hanging basket of fuchsia and moved on to the petunias. Maybe that was it. My ticket out of here. I never imagined it would be like that; I always saw myself getting a great job or saving up enough to move away. At first, the idea rankled that I’d get out because of someone paying my way. But if it were someone I loved...

I frowned. It was too early to be considering words like that. I liked June. I didn’t have to poke around in my heart to see if I thought I could love her someday.

Anyway, I was pretty happy with my life right now, in temporary terms. It was fun living with Ari and I adored working at the greenhouse. But was I happy enough to give up my dream of finally leaving Rapid Creek for good?

I imagined myself putting in my two-weeks’ notice. Packing up my belongings. Saying goodbye...

My heart tripped over itself and felt like it plummeted into a pit of thorns.

Saying goodbye to Sophie.

I put my hose down on the table beside the petunias and slapped myself on the cheeks. Seriously? What was wrong with me? Would I honestly think about giving up my life’s goal for someone who was not only just a friend, but also told me she wouldn’t be living in Rapid Creek forever?

Where could Sophie take me, I wondered? But that didn’t matter, because she wouldn’t. Sophie wasn’t a consideration in my long-term plans. Nothing had been made clearer than that.

Maybe I really should start thinking about the future June and I could have together. Sophie and I had had our chance to figure it out. And we did: those two little words that summed up our future.

Just. Friends.

I shut my eyes. Struggling to be okay with that was like swimming against the current...in a river that led to a waterfall with glass-sharp rocks at the bottom. And if I fell over it I’d drag down Sophie too.

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