The Summer I Fell (The Six Series) by Loveday Sonya

Author:Loveday, Sonya [Loveday, Sonya]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sonya Loveday
Published: 2014-07-26T16:00:00+00:00

THE DAY AFTER THE SHERIFF showed up, we ended up back at the Hole. It was Jared’s last day with us before he set off to be some sort of Rock God, and the guys enjoyed giving him a hard time about it.

I ran my hand over the soft material of the comforter I sat on, watching them roughhouse in the water. Paige had stretched out beside me and closed her eyes.

“Are you enjoying the time away from the hospital?” I asked when she laughed at the guys grabbing Aiden’s hands and feet, tossing him from the end of the dock.

She sat up, wrapped her arms around her legs, and rested her chin on her knees. “Yeah, I am, but it’s back to reality tomorrow.”

“So what’s up with you and Mark?” She tensed at my question, and straightened herself up. “I could ask the same about you and Ace.”

I nodded at her direct jab. Fair was fair, and I had no right poking my nose in her business.

“It doesn’t matter anyway. He’s leaving for New York soon, and I’m hoping to see myself added to the schedule for rotations so…”

I understood. Life wasn’t always fair, and just because what you wanted was right in front of you, it didn’t mean you had the ability to reach out and lay claim to it.

I’d pretty much set myself up for heartbreak, knowing Ace was headed out to boot camp and then who knows where. A spark of anger rolled in my gut. I’d gone on so long, thinking he’d be close—right up the street. A Forest Ranger, not an Army Ranger or whatever he’d signed himself up for. He’d never said, and it made me wonder why. I’d never even thought to question it. I’d accepted everything blindly. I pushed that question back, figuring I would ask him when it was just the two of us.

“So have you thought about what you’re gonna do now?” I knew what Paige meant. The scholarship that slipped past my fingers.

“I’m gonna work my ass off, get some loans, and see what happens.” I shrugged, inwardly kicking myself for lying to her so easily.

She smiled at me, a large, toothy grin that brightened her whole face. “Now, that’s what I like to hear. Good for you, Riley.”

I closed my eyes and tipped my head back, inhaling the humid air.

“Oh shit!” Paige scrambled beside me. My eyes snapped open, expecting to find a snake slithering towards us. She darted off the blanket and took off running as Mark came up the embankment. The chase was short-lived when he caught her and put her over his shoulder.

“Riley! Don’t just sit there… freakin’ help me!” Paige wrestled against Mark’s tight hold, receiving a smack on the ass when she almost made him drop her.

Mark’s hoots and hollers blended with Paige’s shouts of protest as he ran down the dock, jumping off the end with her slung over his shoulder.

They both sputtered to the surface, as Ace sat down beside me.

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