The Summer Solstice ~ Enchanted by K.K. Allen

Author:K.K. Allen
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2014-06-10T05:00:00+00:00

Happy Birthday,

Alec

Now, that was sweet. No money, no fake sentiments, but a real, genuine token of a new friendship. I have to call him to thank him for the thoughtful gift.

Charlotte has already piled everything up for me to take to my room later. I must have been so focused on the sand dollar that I wasn’t paying attention. But the gifts aren’t done. She hands me a small box, wrapped in gold paper. It’s the same wrapping paper from my dream. I shake the unnerving thought and remove the gold packaging carefully, too beautiful to be torn apart. Inside is a thin wound-up rubber rope with a combination lock. I look up, wondering what I’m supposed to make of this. “Rose, is this from you?”

She grins. “Charlotte and I thought it was appropriate. Now that you’re starting to get to know your way around town.”

“A lock?” I ask Rose directly. “What am I going to do with this?”

A thin large rubber wheel with silver spokes comes rolling in from the foyer and I laugh. It’s a white vintage classic retro beach cruiser bicycle. I remember it from the day Charlotte and I went into town. My expression hides nothing. I was worried Rose was going to buy me a car.

I take off from the couch and throw my leg over the cross bar of the bike. “It’s perfect.” I look up at Rose and Charlotte who are both beaming at me. “She’s a beauty. Thank you both.”

“She?” Charlotte is enjoying this. “Are you going to name her?”

I nod my head. “Yes!” I look below me at the sleek lines of the bike. A bike that looks nothing like the one my mom rode every day but perfect, just the same. I immediately think of a perfect name. “Grace.”

Rose is standing behind me now and she places a hand on my shoulder as a tear streaks down my cheek. “That is perfect.”

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