Barefoot Bay: Counterfeit Treasure (Kindle Worlds Novella) by Shirley Hailstock

Author:Shirley Hailstock [Hailstock, Shirley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2017-05-13T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5

The beach was white and sandy and April got a strong signal on her cell phone. She spent most of the day on the phone with various departments back in New York. The work was keeping her mind off Richard and how to get back in his room. She was unsure where he was and couldn't take the chance of trying to get inside again so soon. He could find her there – again. This time she would have no explanation for her presence. The nail falling out of her door and changing the number, plus her previous visit was a convenient lie, but it was a lie.

April still wondered if she'd convinced Richard to believe her. She was usually so sure of herself, so positive in her decisions, but with him it was like her logic deserted her.

And that kiss.

How could she let him kiss her like that? How could she kiss him like that? How could she let an imposter take such control over her body and emotions? But he had and she had. April turned from her pacing and looked at the sky, as if the heavens could answer her chaotic thoughts. The truth was, no one could do anything. The kiss happened. It was a fact. They'd both participated in it. She couldn't recuse her feelings. She couldn't deny that what she felt in Richard matched the riotous emotions in herself.

"April, are you listening?" Josie spoke through the ear buds April wore.

"Yes, I'm listening." She paused. "I don't have any other comments. I'll see you in the morning."

The two rang off. April pulled the earbuds out and frowned. She'd had them in so long, removing them hurt. So did her shoulders. She was wearing a sun dress and now that she was no longer concentrating on the call and trying not to allow thoughts of Richard and that devastating kiss to distract her, she realized her shoulders and arms were burning. She'd been in the sun too long.

Again she frowned, then gathered her belongings and started back to the Eden Paradise House.

April was lathering suntan lotion on her shoulders when she noticed something out of place. In the bathroom mirror, she could see part of the room behind her. April stopped and went to the door. Did she leave her dresser drawer open? It wasn't like her to do that. She was very careful with furniture, especially this furniture that was old enough to be antiques, but not maintained as well.

She stepped into the room. Crossing to the dresser, she slowly pulled the drawer open. Her clothes, that had been folded neatly, were slightly out of place. One shirt was caught between the top of the drawer and the top of the dresser. The other items had been shifted to one side.

She jumped back from the dresser as if it could bite her. Someone had been in her room. April looked around. There were subtle differences. The end of the bedspread near the wall was pulled sideways, causing a wrinkle.

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