Still the One by Belle Calhoune

Author:Belle Calhoune [Calhoune, Belle]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Christian Books & Bibles, Literature & Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, Religion & Spirituality, Fiction, Religious & Inspirational Fiction, Inspirational, Christian Fiction
Amazon: B00M0EUU22
Publisher: Belle Calhoune Books
Published: 2014-07-21T04:00:00+00:00

“Sometimes, storms come without warning. When they do rear their heads, make sure you have your rain boots on to weather the storm.” Alec Donahue

Chapter Six

Tess wanted to cry her eyes out. She considered herself a strong person, so she resisted the impulse to plunk herself down on the Donahues’ front steps and bawl like a baby. Normally she wasn't a big crier, although lately all her feelings had been riding on the surface. People always said God never gave you more than you could handle, but at the moment she didn't believe a word of it. Between Seth running away from home and showing up in Breeze Point, her mother's antagonistic behavior and her recent romantic conflicts with Ryder, she felt a bit overwhelmed. Why did everything have to bubble over at the same time?

Seth was gone. He'd sprinted away from the Donahue home and within seconds had disappeared from Ocean Street. She'd raced after him in the darkness, shouting at him to come back and clean up his mess, but he'd been nothing more than a blur, visible only due to several lamp posts.

Generally, people who didn't want to be found were able to vanish into thin air. The thought gave her chills.

By the time she'd gone back into the house and grabbed her keys to her car, her efforts to locate her brother had been futile. She headed back to Seashell Lane, hoping she might find Seth hanging out there. Although she'd given him his own key to the house, she had a sinking suspicion before she even arrived that he wasn't here. Of course Seth would never do anything so predictable. Not her wild child brother. Not knowing what else to do she'd headed back to the Donahue's house to apologize to Ryder for Seth's behavior. Judging by the lack of cars outside, all the guests had left. Ryder's Mustang was still parked out front, alerting her to the fact that he was still inside.

Ryder had already cleaned up Seth's mess in the kitchen, leaving Tess feeling even worse about the havoc Seth had wrought.

“I don't know what to say, Ryder. I'm so embarrassed about how he acted,” she apologized.

Ryder held up his hand, slicing it through the air. “Don't be. You're not responsible for your brother's actions.” Ryder's tone was matter-of-fact. She detected a slight anger humming under the surface.

“It's crazy that he got set off so easily,” she said, throwing her hands up in the air.

Ryder made a face.

“What? What's that face about?” she asked. “Spit it out. I know you want to say something.”

He swung his gaze towards her, his eyes steely. “You don't really know Seth all that well.”

“What are you talking about?” she scoffed. “He's my brother.”

“A brother you haven't seen regularly for more than eight or nine years. You see him once or twice a year for a few days at a time.”

Hurt sliced through her. She felt guilty enough as it was about living in Cape Cod while Seth languished in New Hampshire.

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