Sea of Dreams by Kathryn Le Veque

Author:Kathryn Le Veque [Veque, Kathryn le]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary
Amazon: B008LI171E
Goodreads: 15759088
Publisher: Dragonblade Publishing
Published: 2012-02-01T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Their arrival at Gina’s house had been an odd and sickening experience.

Gina’s entire family was down from Los Angeles, a big Mexican-American family with a mother, father, sister, brothers, brother’s wives, aunts and various children running around. The house was absolutely packed with people and everyone but Gina’s father was weeping steadily. It sounded horrible and Beck and Blakesley paused at the front door, hearing all of the noise and looking at each other with trepidation. Beck fought his down while Blakesley swallowed hard, took his hand, and followed him inside.

Gina, oddly, wasn’t crying. She was sitting on the couch with her son in her arms, her eyes red-rimmed and swollen, as the women sitting around her howled and wept. She seemed to be in some kind of trance, perhaps remembering days gone by or thinking on her future without Butch. Whatever the case, she noticed Beck immediately when he came in the house. Like no one else in the world existed, she got up from the couch and walked straight to him.

“Beck,” she sounded exhausted. “I’m so glad you’re here.”

Beck smiled at her, putting his hand on Spike’s head when the boy looked up at him. “I told you I’d be here at noon,” he said, softly but firmly. “Are you ready to go?”

Gina nodded, noticing Blakesley for the first time. She smiled wanly. “Hi, Bee,” she said softly. “I’m glad you came with him. I hoped you would.”

She looked absolutely strung out and exhausted, and Blakesley swallowed the lump in her throat. Her heart ached for the woman.

“You knew I’d come,” she put her hand on Gina’s arm comfortingly.

Gina’s smile was grateful. “Thank you.”

Blakesley noticed that Gina was still in her pajamas, all wrinkled and stained. Looking at the weeping women strung throughout the house, she suddenly felt angry that these people weren’t taking care of Gina. Instead, they were apparently competing to see who could cry the loudest. She put both hands on Gina’s shoulders.

“Let’s go get dressed, okay?” she said, turning her back towards the bedrooms. “I’ll help you. Beck, can you watch Spike while Gina gets dressed? We won’t be long.”

Beck reached out and scooped the boy out of his mother’s arms. “Come on, buddy,” he said softly. “Let’s go in the kitchen and get something to eat.”

As Blakesley directed Gina to her bedroom, she watched Beck over her shoulder. He had been cornered by a couple of crying women near the kitchen door and she could hear him speaking to them in low, calm tones. But Blakesley lost sight of him as she and Gina entered the dark hallway and filed back into the rear master bedroom.

Gina walked into the room and just stood there. She really couldn’t even move. Blakesley could see that the woman was having difficulty functioning so she took charge, going into the bathroom and turning on the shower.

“Come on, sweetheart,” she said softly, taking hold of Gina’s shoulders and pushing her into the bathroom. “Let’s get showered so we can go.

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