While I Was Away by Stylo Fantome

Author:Stylo Fantome [Fantome, Stylo]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Stylo Fantome
Published: 2019-03-18T18:00:00+00:00

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Adele squinted at her phone on its dash mount, then picked up a physical map from the seat next to her, glancing between it and the road.

“Have faith,” she grumbled under her breath, mocking herself. “Just believe in yourself.”

Charlie had been a little surprised when she'd asked to borrow his new car, and he'd asked a lot of questions in return. She'd done her best to answer him without outright lying ... but also without telling the whole truth. I'm going to track down the man I fell in love with in my dreams, at a location that may or may not exist in real life, just didn't sound good.

He'd eventually loaned her one of his company cars – a Honda Civic with his club logo splashed across the back doors. As long as it got her from point A to point B, though, she didn't care what was painted on it.

The real issue was figuring out exactly where point B was; she honestly had no clue. When River had said “lake up north”, she'd assumed Tahoe. But after she'd looked it up and seen pictures and maps of the area, she'd decided it wasn't right. It was too big, too ... public. Jones' cabin had been old, and rustic, and small. A vacation spot not often used.

And nothing about Tahoe resonates with me – it doesn't sound or look familiar. It doesn't stir anything in my soul.

So she'd searched for other lakes in the same area, and had found Donner Lake. Fairly large, but not on the same level as Tahoe. Lots of cabins around it, and something else. Something she couldn't put her finger on, like a stirring sensation in her heart. It just felt like a good location for a small, old, rustic cabin – a place where a father could teach his son to fish in relative peace and quiet.

So roughly eight hours after leaving Los Angeles, Adele finally found herself rolling along side a scenic looking lake. There were huge, luxurious log homes everywhere, and she worried she'd completely missed the mark and had wasted her time.

“You're crazy,” she sighed, pulling into a convenient store's parking lot. “Everyone was right, and you're fucking nuts. He's probably in Vegas right now, drinking with buddies.”

With a groan, she crawled out of the car. Eight hours sitting down had felt like torture – how had she survived laying down for four months!? She stretched her arms as she walked into the small store, wondering what she was going to do. Were there hotels in the area? Would she have to drive to Tahoe, after all?

“Good evening,” the young girl behind the register called out. Adele smiled and walked up to her.

“Hi. I was wondering, I have kind of a weird question,” she chuckled. The girl closed her magazine and smiled back.

“Okay, what's up?”

“I'm looking for a friend,” Adele started slowly, choosing her words carefully. “He said he was coming up here for a vacation, but you know, I'm such a ditz – I can't remember if he said he was here, or at a different lake.

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