Forever Starts Tonight by Barbara Freethy

Author:Barbara Freethy [Freethy, Barbara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Fog City Publishing, LLC
Published: 2017-02-28T08:00:00+00:00

Ten

Reid spent the early hours of dawn Wednesday morning in the surf with Bill Carlton, who'd decided to leave the beach for a change and actually get into the water.

"You're loving it again, aren't you?" he asked, as he sat on his board ten feet from Bill, waiting for the next wave.

"I did forget how much fun this was," Bill admitted, pushing his wet hair off his forehead.

Looking over his shoulder, Reid saw a wave beginning to build. "Race you to the beach."

"You're on."

For the next few minutes, it wasn't so much a race against his longtime friend as a battle against the ocean, a battle he rode out to the very end. He made it to the sand before Bill, who had wiped out earlier than him and had to swim back to shore.

He dropped his board and let out a breath. There was nothing better than surfing to start the day.

"Nice ride," Bill said. "What I saw of it, anyway. I am definitely rusty."

"You'll get it back; you just need to get out more."

"Not that easy to leave my beautiful girlfriend in bed while I hit the cold water," Bill joked.

He grinned back at him. "I get it."

"So I hear the Revolution Surfing Competition might be on next week. High surf in the forecast."

"I heard that, too," he said, thinking about the infamous surfing competition, one of the top ten competitions in the world, that took place locally when the conditions were perfect with waves cresting over twenty-five feet. "I'm thinking about giving it another shot."

Bill gave him a doubtful look. "You're not serious. You can't surf with those guys anymore."

"Hey I was a finalist at one time."

"Yeah, I think that was ten years ago, when you were twenty. Can you even get in with the pros?"

"They offer past finalists a wild card entry on the first heats. I might have been younger then, but I'm fitter now."

"You should also have more sense, more fear. You're not invincible. And you're not at the top of your game when it comes to surfing."

"I'm not looking to win, just to test myself."

Bill shook his head, giving him a resigned look. "It's always about the test with you."

"It's called pushing yourself. You should try it some time."

"I push myself plenty. I have a good life, and I don't feel like risking it on a surfboard." Bill paused, giving him a thoughtful look. "You always act like you've got nothing to lose, but I wonder if that's still true."

"What does that mean?" he asked warily, quite sure he didn't really want to know.

"You seem interested in Jessica and her son."

"They don't have anything to do with this."

"Are you dating her?"

"We had dinner last night," he admitted. "And I'm going to Brandon's concert tonight."

"Wait." Bill put up his hand. "Did you just tell me you're going to a kid's school concert?"

"It's not a big deal. I like Brandon. He reminds me of myself. I grew up without a dad. I know what that feels like.

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