The Beachside Inn: Heartwarming Women's Fiction (Marigold Island Book 1) by Fiona Baker

Author:Fiona Baker [Baker, Fiona]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-04-01T16:00:00+00:00

Gazing out at the water sometimes helped Patrick get over smaller bouts of writer’s block, which was why he’d come down to the boardwalk to work. But the change in scenery still wasn’t helping him get into the groove.

He deleted a line of dialogue he’d written with a heavy sigh. Nothing sounded right to him.

The newly opened casual snack bar where he was sitting had Wi-Fi and a lot of outdoor seating, so he wasn’t the only person on a laptop at this time of day. He wondered if anyone else was struggling as much as he was.

He opened his email against his better judgment, only to find a message from his editor asking how the book was coming along. Patrick sipped his lemonade and debated how to respond. Going the honest route might make his editor panic and debate whether to push back his release date, which Patrick didn’t want to deal with. He typed a few responses before deleting all of them, taking a more neutral road.

It’s going well—excited for you to see it.

He hit send before he could stop himself. Maybe if he put that optimism out into the universe, it would magically come true.

He went back to his draft for a few moments, getting a few sentences down before his attention drifted again. It was a breezy day, so there were a lot of people flying kites on the beach. He spotted Angela and Jake, running back and forth as they tried to get their kite airborne. It dipped and swerved until it finally caught a breeze, making Jake jump around in excitement.

Patrick smiled, even though the sight made his chest ache. Aubrey had always known that kids weren’t for her—she was more interested in her career and in being an aunt to her sister’s two kids. He’d always thought he would be fine being the fun uncle and growing old with just her in the house.

Now, he wasn’t so sure. Part of him still wanted a family to fill his home.

But he’d made a commitment to Aubrey, which meant that the desire for kids had taken a back seat. He wouldn’t dream of pushing an idea on her that she was openly against, especially because she would be the one who would have to carry the child if they decided to have one of their own. And the adoption process was a difficult one, too, if they went that route.

He glanced back down at his phone for a moment, pulling up his texts. Aubrey had texted him her travel itinerary the other day, since she had decided to come home soon. He hoped they could work things out. He still wasn’t any closer to figuring out any viable solution. They’d seen a marriage counselor for a while, but it hadn’t smoothed over the issues in their relationship. All it had done was made them realize that they wanted completely different things.

He wondered what Aubrey had thought about in her time away. Had she been mulling

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