Everlasting by L. K. Kuhl

Author:L. K. Kuhl
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
ISBN: 9781621355021
Publisher: Clean Reads
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 16

I stood there in the stillness, unable to wrap my head around everything that had happened tonight. If only I could go back to Mandy’s, crawl into my bed, and wake up to things being normal again, things would be just fine. Then a thought came to my mind. “Wait, what about Tate?” I shouted this up into the sky. “Will I still see him?” But I was too late. They couldn’t answer back.

Aunt Bethany’s big wooden door opened, and she called through the screen door. “Who’s out there?”

“It’s just me…Sophia.” I winced and bit my knuckle.

“Sophia? You’re still here? I thought you left hours ago.”

“Just had some errands to run, but I realized I dropped something when I left your house earlier, so I came back to get it.” I didn’t want to tell her that Mandy had just been here.

“Oh, alright. I thought I heard you yelling something.”

“No, a bunch of noisy kids drove by in a car. I don’t know what they were yelling at.”

I doubted she believed me, but she nodded her head. “Alright, you take care of yourself. We’ll visit again.” She closed her wooden door.

I waved and turned around, walking back toward my new car. “Take care of yourself, too, Aunt Bethany.”

I placed my hand on the door handle, but stopped, hearing heavy panting. A small scream escaped my lips, and I jumped to the side. “Oh, Symphony, it’s you. Hi, girl. It’s been forever since I’ve seen you. Where’s Tate? Where’s your owner?” I gave her a hug and scratched her behind the ears, wishing she could answer me.

I whipped around then, smelling the intimate scent of shaving cream and knowing right away it was my Tate.

“Sophia.” His breathless voice whispered, a note of despondency, yet relief, etching his tone.

My muscles relaxed and weakened when his voice cut through the air. “Oh, Tate…I can’t believe it’s you.” I rushed up to him, preparing to fall into his strong, outstretched arms.

I stopped short. Should I rush into his arms now that I know he is a ghost? Things seemed kind of…different now. But the moment my gaze fell on his exquisite face, with those mesmerizing, blue eyes, I couldn’t help myself. Nothing was going to keep me away from him.

I all but collapsed into him, and we both held each other tight, not saying a word. The warmness of tears hit my arms as I held him, and I didn’t know for sure if they came from him or me. His arms were strong and cool around me. Everything was good here…right where I belonged.

My neck and shoulder muscles stiffened and cramped when images of that tragic accident flashed in my mind. I didn’t want to think something like that had happened to someone as beautiful as him. His rare beauty radiated, both from the inside and out. Mandy had said that there wasn’t much left of his ravaged body after he was crushed under that Jeep, and I couldn’t bear the thought of him that way.

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