The Cornish Hotel by the Sea by Karen King

Author:Karen King
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: The Cornish Hotel by the Sea
ISBN: 9781786150714
Publisher: Accent Press
Published: 2017-06-29T04:00:00+00:00

Lee walked in later that evening when Ellie was doing a stint on reception. He walked boldly up her, a friendly smile on his face, as if he’d never cheated on her, never broken her heart.

“Hi Ellie. I heard your Mum was in hospital so thought I’d pop in and see how she was doing.” He flicked back his floppy fringe and smiled wide enough to show off his dazzling white teeth. Still the same old Lee, thinking he was God’s gift. Well he didn’t dazzle her any more. She knew that behind that handsome exterior was a liar and a cheat. Still, they were adults. She would be polite. She eyed him levelly.

“She’s out of hospital now, Lee. She came home this afternoon. Thanks for asking though.”

“That’s okay.” He leaned against the counter a bit too close for her liking. She took a step back. “I’ve always admired your Mum and Dad. They were kind to me. I wanted to come and offer my condolences when your Dad died but I wasn’t sure if you’d want that. The last thing I wanted to do was upset you.”

You mean you were still with Zoe and now you’re not, Ellie thought. Zoe hadn’t bothered to come and see her either. Hadn’t even sent a sympathy card, yet she and Ellie had been best friends for years. Zoe had practically lived at Gwel Teg during the summer holidays, Ellie’s parents had been glad for her to have some company as they were always so busy with the hotel. Ellie had thought that maybe Zoe hadn’t heard about her dad dying seeing as she no longer lived in Port Medden, but it sounded like she had known. What did it matter now? It was all so long ago she reminded herself. “It doesn’t matter,” she replied. “I didn’t expect you to.”

Lee fixed his oh-so-blue eyes on her. He and Zoe had the same colour hair and eyes, the same suntanned lithe figure. They’d been the ideal match, the ‘in’ couple, both loving surfing when Ellie couldn’t even lie on a surf board, never mind stand up on one. Small wonder they had found each other attractive. Ellie had felt so awkward around them that she’d taken secret surfing lessons. She could still remember the stunned look on Zoe’s face as she watched Ellie ride waves higher than even she dared to tackle.

“Look, I’m sorry. What me and Zoe did was terrible. We really hurt you. But we were just kids. We let our hormones rule our heads.” He gave her his ‘little boy sorry’ smile “It didn’t work out though. We soon realised that we weren’t suited. I guess you could say we got what we deserved.”

Why didn’t it work out? Who cheated on who? Did Lee find Zoe boring when she was tied down with two little kiddies, maybe a little fatter than she used to be and a lot more tired? Or had Zoe got fed up with Lee’s selfish ways, of him wanting to always be put first.

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