The Right Way by Ashey Katie

Author:Ashey, Katie [Ashey, Katie]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2020-01-01T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen: Presley

One Month Later

The football stadium erupted in cheers as the green and blue came from behind to be victorious. As the fans started trickling out to the parking lot, I said goodbye to my friends before hanging around the concession stand. After buying a Coke and some M&M’s, I leaned back against the building to wait.

After what felt like an hour, Jake came around the corner. Although he had changed out of his uniform, he hadn’t stopped to shower. His usual sexy smirk curved on his mouth. “Hey baby.”

Jerking me against him, he placed a kiss on my lips.

I squirmed in his arms. “You’re all sweaty.”

He waggled his brows. “You like me all sweaty.”

“I like to be sweaty with you,” I countered.

Grinning, he replied, “Oh, that can be arranged.”

Laughing, I reached down to get my purse. At the sound of his departing footsteps, I glanced up. “Jake? Where are you going?”

Slowly, he turned around. His smile had faded, and his expression was grave. Throwing up his hand, Jake then spun back around before sprinting away. “Jake! What the hell? Would you wait for me?”

Without another thought, I started chasing after him. He ran past the edge of the field into the woods. “Stop it, Jake. This isn’t funny!”

After entering the woods, everything around me became dark. I skidded to a stop, tilting my head I tried listening for the sound of his footsteps. The only sound I heard was the panting of breath.

Then in the distance, I could see a small beam of light. “Jake?”

I started trampling through the leaves and twigs to get to it. The closer I got to the light, the brighter it got. When the woods around me became illuminated again, I could see Jake standing

“What the hell were you thinking leaving me like that?” I demanded.

When he turned around, I gasped.

It wasn’t Jake.

It was Jonathan.

“What’s wrong?” he asked. Concern etched across his handsome face as he reached out to take me into his arms. “It’s okay, Presley. I’m here.”

“I, uh, I was looking for…” Although I’d been running after Jake, I found I wasn’t sad to see it wasn’t him. He’d run away from me. He’d left me all alone.

But Jonathan was here.

Peering up at him, I said, “I was looking for you.”

“Presley?”

Although Jonathan was standing before me, it was Evelyn’s voice I’d heard. “Presley, wake up, honey?”

Jonathan pulled back to start shaking me. Hard. “No, don’t do that. I want you to hold me.”

“Presley!”

I snapped my eyes open to see Evelyn frowning at me. My gaze bounced around. I wasn’t in the woods. I was in my bedroom. “What happened?”

“I came in to get Evie for you, and you were having a nightmare.”

My mind rocketed back to the woods with Jake….and Jonathan. In all the months since Jake had been gone, I’d never had nightmares about him or his death. Unlike Jonathan, I’d experienced all my grief when I was awake. I shook my head at her. “I’m sorry I worried you.”

She patted my arm.

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