Running Northwest by Michael Melville

Author:Michael Melville [Melville, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781475276411
Google: 9e5fLwEACAAJ
Amazon: 1475276419
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2012-03-29T13:00:00+00:00

Twenty One

It was nearly 4 pm Wednesday afternoon and Derrick was sitting in his office at The Whaleback. Thomas had been there and left about an hour before. They had talked about things concerning the wedding and then discussed trying out some new ideas they had. They were busy almost every night but Derrick and Thomas did not want to take anything for granted and would often try new things just for the sake of trying them. Derrick had decided to keep the karaoke as a permanent thing, and Thomas thought it was a great idea. Derrick seemed distant for a lot of their conversation and Thomas asked him about it a few times. Derrick could not explain why really, but something in his gut was not sitting right. Moreover, during their talk Thomas also seemed to get lost in thought, but it was something he did often so Derrick did not bother asking. After a few minutes of shuffling paper work, Derrick walked out of the office, sat next to the bar and sipped a beer. He stared at the TV, which had the news playing. The feeling he had in his gut was the same feeling he had when something big was about to happen, he just wished he knew what it was.

. . .

After taking a nap for a few hours to recover from her flight and drive Stephanie took a shower. She got dressed, put her walking shoes on, and headed down the beach. She was excited since this would be the first time she ever saw the Pacific Ocean up close. It was only her first night in Cannon Beach and she already did not want to leave and go back to Michigan, She was not sure if it was just the little bit she had seen so far or just the fact that she was there but either way her heart was in love already. After she made her way down to the beach she walked up to the tide line and stood directly in front of haystack rock. She had never felt so tiny in her entire life. The tide was down or at least it seemed that way since there was a lot of fist sized or bigger rocks lying in front of the huge giant of a rock. As Stephanie walked north up the beach she saw small shells, broken sand dollars and small pieces of wood lying in the sand. Once she had gotten past the protection of the large rock, the waves got slightly bigger. Moreover, as she walked farther she found herself dancing with the remnants of the waves that had hit the beach. The large swaths of silent water rippled farther up the beach than she was used to in Michigan and here they seemed to glide across the sand as if they were going over glass. Stephanie laughed quietly to herself as she played the cat and mouse game with ocean surf.

It was late afternoon and even though it was a Wednesday, the beach had quite a few people on it already.

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