Summer by the Beach by Jennifer Faye

Author:Jennifer Faye [Jennifer Faye]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lazy Dazy Press
Published: 2022-08-07T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

He just had to be all right.

She refused to accept any other outcome.

Summer didn’t bother to pack anything. She grabbed her gym bag that had some essentials, including some extra clothes. All she wanted to do was leave as soon as possible. Her mind was abuzz with thoughts of what was going on with her father.

She hadn’t been there for his first heart attack as her parents still lived on Bluestar Island at the time, and she’d been living in Boston. She always felt bad that she hadn’t been there to help them, but she’d been able to meet them at the hospital as her father had been life-flighted to a hospital in Boston.

That had been the turning point for her parents. Her mother convinced her father that the time had come for him to retire and move to the mainland. Her father had been born and raised on Bluestar Island. His family was still there, but at her mother’s urging, he conceded. Summer never thought she’d see her father move from the island that he loved, but no one ever thought her once-healthy, strong father would have heart problems. Now she was very grateful her mother had held a firm stance about moving closer to a medical facility that could hopefully deal with any problems her father might incur.

Summer phoned her mother, but she wasn’t answering her cell phone. She left a message. “Mom, I’m on my way. I’ll be there in a few hours. I love you. Tell Dad, I love him too.”

It wasn’t until after they set sail that Summer realized she’d be isolated with Greg for a few hours. And once more she was intruding upon his time.

Still, it was his idea to sail her to Maine. Was she supposed to read something into his very generous offer?

But then she recalled how close her father and he had become over the years. She never thought too much about it at the time. It was normal for Greg and her father to hang out in the garage or down at the marina, but after the-kiss-heard-round-the-island, Greg had kept his distance from not only her but her parents. Maybe things were going back to the way they had been before the infamous kiss.

She moved up next to Greg and sat down. He glanced over at her. “Everything okay?” And then he realized how that sounded. “I mean other than the obvious.”

She nodded as she swallowed hard and hoped when she spoke that her voice would sound normal. She’d already fallen apart in front of him once; she didn’t want to do it again.

“Um, yes. Thank you for doing this. I really appreciate it.”

“It’s not that big of a deal. It’s my day off anyway.”

“Must be nice.”

“What? Having a day off?” He glanced at her, waiting for her response.

She nodded. “When I decided to go into business for myself, I hadn’t fully realized how much work there would be in the beginning. I feel like I need to clone myself in order to get everything done.

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