Small Town Sweethearts by Ames Jessica

Author:Ames, Jessica [Ames, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-01-29T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER 36

SADIE

“What the hell are you eating?”

The screen flickers for a moment before it buffers enough for me to see him clearly again, but I still can’t work out what the sludge is in the bowl in front of him.

“It’s seaweed.” He holds up a forkful to show me. “The joys of living in a place heavy on fishing… we eat a lot of sea-based foods.”

“I’m not sure I’ve ever tried seaweed.”

Callum gives me a lopsided grin. “Well, next time we meet up we can rectify that. I make some amazing fish dishes.” He suddenly gets a funny look on his face as his eyes slide to the screen. “You like fish, right?”

“Yeah, Cal, I like fish.”

“That’s good. It’s pretty much the only thing we have on the island. Fish, more fish, with a side of fish.”

“You don’t eat anything but fish?”

“Well, we have a delivery once a week from the mainland and the rest of the time we can only get what we can either by taking the ferry over and going to the shops or sometimes me and Alex will stop in one of the port towns and pick up stuff.”

I can’t believe how different his life is to mine. Living in a huge city I’m used to having everything on demand at any time of the day or night. I can’t imagine wanting something and having to plan it a week in advance.

“Okay, since you’re fine with eating Nemo, then I’ll make you fish next time we’re together.”

“Are you going to catch it first?”

He snorts this time. “Do you want me to catch it first?”

The camera flickers again and it goes fuzzy as it tries to buffer. This is one of the downsides of the video calling. Often, the signal on the island is not good enough to run the feed, although I was surprised they had Wi-Fi out there at all. Callum told me they had to petition their local authority pretty hard to get it, and even then the islanders had to raise a chunk of change themselves to fund the installation. “I don’t know. Are you any good at catching fish?”

“Babe, I’m the best.”

I don’t let on how much I like him calling me babe, even though internally, I feel a warmth spread through me.

“I feel like this is a money where your mouth is type situation.”

“I’ll take you out on the boat again and show you just how good I am at catching fish.”

“How do you not get sick? Last time, I have to admit, I was feeling it by the time we got back to dry land.”

“I don’t know. I’ve always been good at sea. Never had a problem. Alex used to get a little sick and sometimes he’ll still get queasy if the seas are particularly rough. And last time it was calm.”

We’ve been video chatting every day after he finishes on the boat. So it’s nine pm and I’m barely awake. I’m wrapped in my duvet, my tablet set up in front of me, watching him eating his dinner while telling me about his day.

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