Nate and the Invisible Girl (Gulf City High Book 4) by Michelle MacQueen

Author:Michelle MacQueen [MacQueen, Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Twin Rivers Press
Published: 2020-04-03T04:00:00+00:00

13

Sam

Spending the night at the Madison house wasn’t anything new.

Hearing a sound in the kitchen and creeping out of Bailey’s bed in the middle of the night was.

Nate stood in the glow of the open refrigerator, his hair standing on end. He wore no shirt, only a pair of black sweatpants with the name of his old surf team stretched down the leg.

It was weird for her to think he had this whole other life, people who knew him and cared about him. People he’d go back to.

Still, she couldn’t help the smile sliding over her face. In the days since the storm, the boys had been going stir crazy not being able to go into the ocean. Following a big rain, runoff polluted the water. Today was the first day Ms. Madison would let them back in.

Standing in the shadows of the living room, Sam studied Nate, wondering how she’d get him back out there.

He pulled a bottle of water from the fridge and shut the door. Turning around, he jumped as he saw her.

“You scared me half to death.”

Using the furniture for support, she approached him, wrapping her arms around his waist. They’d taken every opportunity to sneak off over the last few days, and she was learning every inch of him from the contours of his chest to the sensitive skin right below his ear.

“Couldn’t sleep?” He brushed a lock of hair behind her ear and bent to kiss her.

Sam still couldn’t wrap her head around this new reality. “Sleep is overrated.”

He brushed his lips against her ear. “Want to get out of here?”

She nodded, releasing her grip on him.

Leaving her cane behind, she used him for support as they crept through the house, sliding the back doors open as silently as they could. A full moon illuminated the night, casting its silver glow out across the water.

Sam liked the desolate beach at night. It had always held a lonely quality that matched her own. She belonged there. It was home.

But this time, she wasn’t alone. This time, someone shared the emptiness, making it not seem so dark.

Nate kept an arm wrapped around her waist, lending her his strength as they crossed the sand to where the foaming waves crashed into the shore, punctuating the night with their song.

“Those are the best waves I’ve seen since coming to Gulf City.” Nate’s voice held a sad tone. One that told Sam just how much he missed being out there.

At the edge of the water, Nate stopped, and Sam lowered herself to sit, not caring that the ends of the pajama shorts soaked through immediately. Nate walked into the ocean, letting the water swirl around his calves and creep up his pants. A sigh lifted his shoulders.

“You miss it.” There was no question in Sam’s words, only fact.

He rubbed the back of his neck, not turning to her. “I don’t want to.”

“Why not?”

“Because if I miss it, that means I made a mistake.”

“By coming here?”

He finally turned. “No, Sam. That will never be a mistake.

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