Summertime Nights (A Katama Bay Series Book 3) by Katie Winters

Author:Katie Winters [Winters, Katie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Women's Fiction, women's divorce fiction, clean and wholesome fiction, single women fiction, sisters fiction
Publisher: Katie Winters
Published: 2021-05-31T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

The following morning, Carmella stepped into the Lodge as though she had springs on her feet. A renewed bounce that had her in an incredible mood. Mallory lifted her eyes from the front desk, furrowed her brow, and said, “Are you on happy pills? Where can I buy them?” Elsa popped out from her office with a mug of coffee in hand and grinned broadly.

“I guess you had a good night’s rest? Was cleaning that therapeutic?”

Carmella blushed and gave her a slight nod. But in a moment, she recalled her hope for more truth between them, and she felt the news of the night before tumble from her lips.

“Actually, I had a date if you really need to know.”

Elsa’s face opened like a cracked egg. “What are you talking about?”

“This guy — this journalist guy...” Carmella stuttered as she stepped through the hallway. The emotion of it all curled through her arms and her legs and her stomach so that at no time, she felt she had any power over her limbs.

Elsa followed up behind her. “What journalist guy?” she asked brightly. “Carmella Remington, did you go on a date last night and not tell me?”

Carmella paused in the doorway and turned back. She gave her sister a sheepish smile and then nodded. “I don’t think I’ve ever felt like this before.”

Elsa shrieked. “Tell me everything!” She wrapped a hand around Carmella’s and jumped up and down like a teenager.

Carmella puffed out her cheeks and led Elsa into her office. There, she leaned against the acupuncture table and explained a few elements about Cal. She explained how she’d met him in the Southwest and he had seemingly come here because he was so interested in her. She left out the part about Helen Skarsgaard, and she skipped over all the elements that involved Karen. None of that mattered. She was falling for someone — really, actually falling for him and she was pleased that her sister cared.

“This is incredible,” Elsa said softly. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen you so excited about someone before.”

“I know! It’s crazy, isn’t it?”

“It really is.” Elsa shook her head at a loss. “When are you seeing him again?”

“I don’t know. I mean, we just said goodbye last night. He’s staying at the Sunrise Cove.”

“Good taste.”

“I just — I want to call him right now and lay out all my cards, but that’s a little too intense, isn’t it?”

“It is,” Elsa agreed with a laugh. “Unfortunately.”

“Gosh, how does anyone date? I feel like an exposed nerve.”

“Just get through today—one hour at a time. You’ve already taken so many steps forward. It’s a beautiful thing, Carmella. It really is. I’m so happy for you.”

As Carmella’s appointments passed, she found herself checking her phone impatiently. Noon came and went, and she nibbled at a salad from upstairs, staring at the darkness of her screen. Probably, he would text her to say what a good time he’d had, wouldn’t he? That was the kind thing to do after a first date.

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