Unbelievable: The Port Fare Series Book Two by Sherry Gammon

Author:Sherry Gammon
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781477594247
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2013-04-04T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 24

“I’ve lost Cole.” I twisted up the A/C in Maggie’s stifling car.

“Lilah, he said you didn’t break up, he just needed some time to deal with everything,” Maggie assured me.

“You’ve known him longer than I have, but I’m pretty sure he’ll never forgive me for what I’ve done,” I said, biting my lip.

“Cole’s sensible. He needs to think things through, study it all out. Just give him time. I know he still loves you,” she said.

Her encouragement fell on deaf ears. “You didn’t see his face.” I shook my head. “I’ll never forget the look in his eyes, even if I live to be a hundred.”

“Cole’s been funny lately. It started before you moved here. He’s been . . . I don’t know, restless. He’s tried to find interests outside of the hospital, but he hasn’t quite found one that fits him well,” she explained as we drove toward the park. “His clumsiness hasn’t helped, but I think that, too, has to do with the way he is. He’s a thinker. He usually has paper and a pencil in his hand as he thinks about . . . everything. I’ve even seen him take notes on his hand if there’s no paper handy.”

“It’s one of his most endearing traits,” I said to myself more than to Maggie.

“He comes by it naturally. His dad designs bridges, and his mom’s a statistician. He’s doomed to be a thinker,” she said.

I dropped my head against the headrest. He had to forgive me. He just had to.

“I like your hair, by the way,” she said.

“Thanks.” I could finally use my hair products again to tame the frizzes away.

“And you don’t have glasses on either. Contacts?” Maggie asked.

“No. My vision’s fine. Those were a lie, too.” I turned my head in shame, staring blankly out the window.

We made a right after Applegate Park and drove down a narrow road a few hundred yards, pulling up in front of a dilapidated blue trailer. This part of town wasn’t the best. A dead body could sit and rot in a dumpy trailer like that for a long time before being discovered.

“I grew up here,” she said. “Just me and my mom. Now that she’s gone, and Seth and I are married, there’s no need to keep it.” Her mouth said the words, but her tone said something completely different. Obviously she struggled with the idea of letting go.

“I want to give the place an overhaul, from top to bottom,” she said firmly as we walked up the small pathway to the door.

I glared at the beat-up trailer. The only thing that would help it was a wrecking ball, that much I was sure of.

She fidgeted with the key before slipping it into the lock. The door creaked open slowly and a feeling of foreboding crept into my soul. I didn’t want to go inside. I didn’t want to know the things that went on in there.

“I’ve not been here since…” Maggie didn’t finish, instead, pushing the door open wide.

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