Jackson by Ember Casey

Author:Ember Casey [Casey, Ember]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Goodreads: 25915424
Publisher: Ember Casey
Published: 2015-08-12T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIVE

Charlotte knew she needed to be more careful.

Back in the bay, she’d almost let herself forget how much Jackson had hurt her. She’d fallen right into his arms, let him touch her and kiss her neck and chase away all of the pain he’d caused for a few heart-pounding moments. That couldn’t happen again. What kind of idiotic girl trusted a guy who’d already broken her heart once?

Fortunately, Jackson was occupied for most of the day. When they got back to the port town of Vis, Roth had sent the men out in two-man teams across the island to look for their missing teammate. Apparently, the teammate in question was the sole female member of this crew, and Charlotte wondered why the hell they’d ever send her off on her own—until she realized that any woman who willingly joined this group was probably tough enough to handle herself. Not every girl out there was as inexperienced or as afraid as she was.

Roth and the big Russian guy stayed on the boat while the others were searching. The two men spent most of the time below, flipping through the atlas and a stack of what she assumed were Vincent Rinaldi’s old journals. Once she’d gone down there, wondering if she could help—after all, she’d spent more hours looking through that atlas than any of the men here—but Roth had shot her such a terrifying, withering look that she’d retreated to the deck again immediately. Now she sat on one of the boat’s benches, staring out across the scene in front of her. She’d been ordered to stay here, told it was too dangerous to go off on her own.

Vis appeared to be quite a charming, quiet little town. The white-stoned, orange-roofed buildings were built right along the curve of the port, and a large green slope of land rose up to the sky behind them. Behind their ship, back toward the mouth of the bay, there was a little promontory with a church jutting out into the blue water. There weren’t many boats here, but there was a fair amount of activity going on—people fishing off the concrete edge of the wharf, a handful of tourists whizzing by on scooters, locals sitting behind stalls of fruit, fish, and other commodities. She wanted to go out and explore, to experience the town and island for herself, but even if she knew it was safe—which she didn’t—it was a stupid idea. They had to be ready to leave at a moment’s notice, and Roth would, no doubt, have no problem leaving her behind.

One day, she thought. One day she’d come back and explore. But no matter how many times she told herself she was making the right decision by being responsible, she still wanted to kick herself. Here she was, finally on her adventure, and she was just sitting on the boat.

Maybe I can just go down to that little shop on the corner, she told herself. She’d be able to keep an eye on the boat from there.

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