Dead Wake (The Forgotten Coast Florida Suspense Series Book 5) by Dawn Lee McKenna

Dead Wake (The Forgotten Coast Florida Suspense Series Book 5) by Dawn Lee McKenna

Author:Dawn Lee McKenna [McKenna, Dawn Lee]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: The Sweet Tea Press
Published: 2015-12-22T16:00:00+00:00


Maggie was setting the table out on the side deck when Wyatt pulled up out front. She would have known it was him by the sound of his truck, but Coco’s keening and groaning as she raced around to the stairs was a dead giveaway.

Maggie walked around the corner as Coco dissolved at Wyatt’s feet in the gravel driveway. Stoopid came flapping around the other corner and immediately began breakdancing his way down the stairs. He was halfway down when Wyatt and Coco were halfway up, and seemed disgusted that he had to turn around and retrace his steps.

Wyatt reached the deck and gave Coco’s head one last scratch before looking at Maggie. “Hey,” he said.

“Hey.”

Wyatt and Maggie had been close friends, buddies really, for so long that their new relationship was still sometimes awkward. It didn’t always feel natural to kiss or to hold each other until they were actually doing it. They still fumbled a bit at the moments when people who had started out as a couple would normally hug or kiss.

This was one of those moments, and when Wyatt gave her a half smile and held out an arm, Maggie felt self-conscious and clumsy until she was actually up against his chest. Then the uneasiness drifted away. It was replaced by a sense of peace, and an underlying, more subtle chaos.

Maggie lifted her face and accepted a kiss that tasted of Mountain Dew and mouthwash and sincerity, and was almost glad when she heard Sky’s voice pop up from the front door.

“Put a lid on it; teenager on deck,” Sky said.

Wyatt pulled away from Maggie, but left an arm wrapped around her waist.

“Hiya, Sky,” he said.

“Hey, Sheriff,” Sky said as she came out onto the deck. “Mom, can we have a few extra bucks to grab a burger on the way?”

“Why don’t you just eat with us before you go?” Maggie asked.

“We don’t have time.”

“I thought you guys were hanging out with us,” Wyatt said.

Sky tossed him a grin capped with slightly-rolled eyes. “Yeah, as much as we like watching you guys watching each other, we’re gonna bail,” she said.

“The Martian,” Maggie told Wyatt.

“Yeah, and it’s already been out for like ten minutes, and little nerd man is in there practically vibrating out of his clothes,” Sky said.

“The show from the sixties?” Wyatt said.

“You need to bone up on popular culture,” Sky said.

“Science geek nirvana,” Maggie explained to Wyatt.

“Okeydokey,” he said.

Kyle came out onto the deck, the anxiousness coming off of him in waves. “Sky, are you ready?”

“Yeah, dude, hang on,” she said, then looked at Maggie.

“Go ahead,” Maggie said. “My purse is on the table.”

“Cool.” Sky disappeared back into the house and Kyle gave Wyatt a wave.

“Hey, Wyatt,” he said.

“Hey, Kyle, how’s it going?”

“Okay.”

Maggie pulled away from Wyatt. “I’m gonna go make sure Sky doesn’t break me,” she said, and maneuvered around Stoopid to get to the door. Coco was content to sit at Wyatt’s feet, gazing up at him like he was the inventor of the tennis ball.



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