The Bucket List by C.J. Murphy

Author:C.J. Murphy [Murphy, C.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance
ISBN: 9781948327060
Publisher: Desert Palm Press
Published: 2018-11-21T07:00:00+00:00

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The next few days, the group continued to tour Bar Harbor and the surrounding areas. Jordan was beyond ecstatic to see the love and happiness between Dava and Sarah. Dalia had already gone into wedding planning mode, thrilled to finally see one of her daughters engaged. Jordan’s memories of a marriage proposal no longer revolved around the disaster of her own. Now she could see how they were meant to be, full of love and promise.

They were enjoying lunch at the Terrace Grille before their afternoon flight. A bright yellow umbrella flapped in the breeze coming off the harbor, where sailboats of every size glided through the water and provided quiet entertainment.

Jordan speared a forkful of her lobster salade Niçoise while the others enjoyed similar light fare. She chewed and wiped her mouth with her napkin before taking a drink of her iced tea.

Dalia was looking out into the harbor. “I’m going to miss having my whole family around every day. This has been wonderful.”

Jordan reached out and squeezed her mother’s hand. “And now you have a wedding to plan, along with all your playground designs.”

Sarah beamed at the comment and leaned over to kiss Dava’s cheek. “Now that I’ve got the girl on the hook, what do you think about a rainbow tux?” Sarah wagged her eyebrows up and down.

A resounding no came from the other three seated around the table, sending them all into fitful laughter. Dava patted her arm. “Honey, if you want to actually get me down the aisle, you’ll settle for your rainbow bow tie.”

“And so, the compromises begin.” Sarah smiled, leaving little doubt her intention had only been to get a rise out of Dava.

Jordan’s phone rang, with Sam’s name and picture displayed on her screen. She’d talked with the couple less than a week ago. Icy fingers of fear gripped her throat in a choke hold. She swiped to answer. “Sam?”

“Jordan, I’m sorry to call you on vacation.” Sam’s voice sounded thin and worried.

“No, No. You’re not bothering me, what’s wrong?” Jordan’s heart began to pound in her chest.

“It’s Max, he apparently got confused this morning and walked away from the house. He fell over the hill at the neighbor’s house.”

Jordan stood quickly and pushed her hand into her hair. “Sam, is he okay?

“He’s alive, Jordan. We’re at the hospital. He has a skull fracture. He isn’t conscious right now, and things don’t look good. I knew you would want to know. Bandit was with him. It’s the only way we even knew something was wrong. He kept running up and down the hill, barking until someone noticed. If it hadn’t been for that dog, who knows how long it would have been. Max’s got that bracelet that tells us where he is with the machine. To do that, I had to know he was missing and I didn’t.” Sam’s voice broke.

“Sam, we are leaving Maine today. I’m changing my flight, and I’ll be home as soon as I can.” Her heart was frozen with fear, her limbs grew numb, and her lips tingled.

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