Barefoot Bay: Unconventional Love (Kindle Worlds Novella) (Scarred Hearts Book 1) by Casey Hagen

Author:Casey Hagen [Hagen, Casey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2017-02-19T16:00:00+00:00

8

Jack stood under the spray of the shower for over thirty minutes, working the sand out of all the places he probably hadn’t had sand in since his volleyball days in Pensacola.

Bryce had been full of it today and started a sand war, which Jack was all too happy to engage in. One rule: no hits above the chest.

Bryce had a shit aim.

Jack blinked rapidly, letting the water run into his eyes until finally he felt the last piece of sand break away. He fought the urge to rub his eyes all the way home.

It had been a miserable ride.

But still worth it to see the kid’s smile.

And Jack took some pleasure knowing that Bryce was battling some sand of his own. Actually, his mother likely was. He’d apologized to Maureen, but she just smiled and shook it off.

She was a cool mom. Far more relaxed around kids than any mother he’d ever seen.

Maybe she was on drugs.

He frowned. It wasn’t his business.

The water started to cool and he cut it off, wrapped up in a towel, and grabbed a fresh pair of jeans and a maroon t-shirt. He just needed to get dressed and he’d be ready to go to the Toasted Pelican to see if Laura showed.

He hoped to hell she showed.

If not he’d go to every dental place within a fifty-mile radius, starting with Mimosa Key Dental.

He glanced at the clock. 4:45PM. He could lie down for a few minutes and grab a quick power nap and still arrive by the usual time. He dropped onto his bed, set the timer on his cell, and closed his eyes.

He jolted awake and shot straight up in bed. He blinked in the unexpected darkness of his bedroom and glanced over at the clock. 6:58PM.

Fuck!

He jumped off the bed and scrambled for the wall light, stubbing his toe on the dresser along the way. “Son of a bitch!”

That was going to leave a mark.

Six days of stress and not sleeping finally bit him in the ass.

He rushed through getting dressed, brushed his teeth, and dampened his hair to rid himself of the bed head he’d gotten from his nap. By the time he did all that and got to the restaurant, it was 7:30PM.

She’d think he hadn’t shown up. A sick feeling lodged in his gut as he walked in and scanned the bar area for her.

No Laura.

He took a seat, the seat he’d taken the first night, and waited for the bartender.

“Hey, what can I get for you? The Floridian?”

Jack shook his head in his impatience. “You remember the woman I was here with last week and the week before?”

“Oh yeah,” he said, bobbing his head and grinning.

Jack had to stifle the urge to punch him in the mouth. “Get that look off your face, goddamn it. Have you seen her in here tonight?”

The guy backed up a step and gave Jack a wary glance. “Sure.”

“How long did she stay? Was she upset?”

He pursed his lips. “No, not upset. And she’s still here.

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