Other Side of the Wall by Jennifer Peel

Author:Jennifer Peel [Peel, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jennifer Peel
Published: 2014-09-13T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

My thirtieth birthday was perfect. Scott involved his family and made sure he covered all his bases from dinner to cake and ice cream to the gifts. First he came up with this elaborate scavenger hunt at the aquarium that led me to my gifts. I loved it, but Scott was serious when it came to the scavenger hunt, and I had to employ all my brain power to figure out each clue. The last clue led us to his office. There on his desk sat two wrapped gifts. He sat me on his chair and handed me the first gift; they both looked professionally wrapped or Myrna-wrapped. I carefully unwrapped the paper and lifted the square box lid. I discovered the contents were every movie, in Blu-ray, that we had seen at the park that summer together, starting with “Return to Me” and ending with “Lake House” and everything in between. I adored them and the memories. When he came to take the box out of my hand, I pulled him down to me and kissed him hard and thanked him.

He grinned. “Wow, that wasn’t even the best gift.”

Next he handed me a large rectangular shaped package. “This reminded me of you.” It was a beautiful hand-painted picture that quoted Shakespeare, “Though she be but little, she is fierce.”

I teared up. It was beautiful and thoughtful.

He noticed my tears. “I think she likes it.”

I stood up and gently placed the picture on his desk. He was leaning against his desk. I placed myself directly in front of him and looked up into those beautifully framed eyes. “It’s perfect.” I stood up on my tiptoes and kissed him.

He wrapped me up tight. “Happy Birthday, Ava.”

The birthday didn’t end there either. He took me to his parent’s home where his mom went overboard and decorated the whole house in streamers and balloons for the occasion. She made a totally southern meal of fried chicken and corn on the cob. She even tried her hand at cheesy grits, and she made homemade corn bread. It was fabulous. I felt like I had gone home.

To top it off, she made a chocolate layered cake with chocolate mousse frosting. It was amazing. Scott insisted that thirty candles be placed on it. I was surprised the fire alarm didn’t go off. He laughed when I failed to blow them all out at once, but I told him there would be paybacks when he turned thirty-five the next year. He said he looked forward to it. I loved that we planned to be together then. His family spoiled me with gifts too. I got free haircut coupons, my favorite perfume, and Nick even brought me flowers. I thought the flowers were sweet, but I think Scott found it suspicious. Seriously, Nick did nothing for me. In fact, I kept having the urge to tell Scott I loved him. I wasn’t sure where it was coming from. I had been careful about that particular feeling, but I found I couldn’t control it.

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