Michelle Vernal Box Set by Michelle Vernal

Author:Michelle Vernal [Vernal, Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Michelle Vernal
Published: 2019-02-17T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

“The family can’t wait to meet you both but be prepared—they can be a bit, uh, how you would say...loud?” Kassia took her eyes off the road for a moment to grin over at Annie.

Annie was too swept up in the fact that she actually sat in her old friend’s company to pay much attention to what she said. Two whole wonderful weeks had whizzed by since she and Carl had landed in Athens and now here she was in the front passenger seat of Eleni’s courtesy van, next to Kas and on their way to Elounda. She was tempted to pinch herself to make sure it was all real. It had been such a long time coming, she thought with a sideways glance at Kas.

Black Jackie O style shades were perched on top of her head, which pulled her dark hair back from her face to reveal a few wanton streaks of grey at her temples. The remains of her last perm blew in a halo-like frizz on the breeze that came in through the open window as they drove away from the city along a wide, open road. Her skin was unlined with the olive hue to it that Annie, with her own pale skin, always envied. Dark eyes were framed by eyelashes that had no need of mascara and eyebrows that had never met a pair of tweezers. She wore lipstick but that was the only make-up she had bothered with, having the aura of a woman who was far too busy to spend her time in front of a mirror. It was her Roman nose that she had always proclaimed to hate, along with her clear-cut jawline, that hinted at the strength of character lurking below the surface, though, Annie decided, her surreptitious study done.

Their ferry had been on time despite the Greek passenger line’s notoriety and Kassia waited for them at the terminal as she’d promised. Annie’s tummy had fluttered with anticipatory nerves and she hardly noticed the harbour’s impressive Venetian fortress as she and Carl made their way towards the waving, larger-than-life vision of their friend. Planes screamed above them, chock-a-block with package holiday-makers and the mishmash of buildings across the road from the waterfront provided, if not what one could call exactly a pretty, then a bustling backdrop. There would be plenty of time to explore the port city of Heraklion later, though. In the meantime, Annie drank in her friend’s appearance as they made their way towards her. She looked exactly as she did in her photos. The camera had not lied. Dressed in a loosely fitted white T-shirt tucked into navy shorts with flat, white sandals, she was a medium build bordering ever so slightly on cuddly.

“Annie! Carl!” Startling white teeth flashed in contrast to her tan skin as her face broke into a welcoming grin. She flung her arms wide. Annie shoved her backpack at Carl and ran into them; she threw her arms around Kassia’s neck as she forgot her nerves.

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