Mismatched by Elle Casey & Amanda McKeon

Author:Elle Casey & Amanda McKeon [Casey, Elle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, New Adult, Contemporary
Publisher: Elle Casey
Published: 2015-03-15T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

RIDLEE

WHEN SOMEONE TELLS YOU THERE are some pretty cliffs you really should visit when you go to Ireland, it really doesn’t prepare you for what you’re going to see. The Cliffs of Moher are nothing short of spectacular. And dangerous. And scary. And romantic in a rough seas, you-could-slip-and-kill-yourself-with-great-pain kind of way. Apparently several people have taken their final leap from the edge of this place, so the local government’s done what it could to prevent it from happening again, namely putting up signs saying ‘Very Dangerous Cliffs Ahead. Be careful.’ I guess they figure seeing the two-hundred-foot drop, the raging seas, wailing wind, and the freezing cold wouldn’t be enough to warn away someone not planning suicide. Crazy Irish.

We park far from the edge and walk to the cliffs, ignoring all the silly danger signs.

“We haven’t drunk enough to worry about falling,” says Erin. To my Guinness-buzzed brain this makes perfect sense.

Donal walks in my general vicinity but not exactly close to me, which pisses me off. I get the sense that he’s once again acting like nothing passed between us earlier today when he knows very well it did. Why else would he jump into a moving Bambino? I turn my nose up and walk faster.

Erin’s trying to act nonchalant about Micheál being there, but she keeps looking at him and her expression is so hopeful and sad at the same time, it’s sickening. I try several times to get her attention to tell her to knock it off, but she can’t see me. She only has eyes for the Irishman with the half smile and the admittedly great shoulders.

“So, this is your first time at the Cliffs?” Donal says, getting a little closer to me.

“Yep.” I look sideways at him and catch his expression. It matches his wary tone. “Is there something about this place you don’t like or what?”

He turns his gaze to me. “Why do you ask that?”

I shrug. “Because. You look like you’re expecting to see a ghost.”

He looks at the ground and a bitter smile appears for just a few seconds before it disappears again. “No. No ghosts.”

Micheál stops abruptly, his attention shifting from Erin to Donal. He looks stricken. “Oh, Donal, I’m sorry. I wasn’t thinking straight when I agreed we’d come.”

Everyone but Donal stops walking. Erin and I are instantly curious about what’s going on. Micheál sounds really regretful. I expect Donal to say something, but he doesn’t. He just keeps on going, right up to the edge of the cliffs. He looks out into the moonlit night, the breeze from the sea ruffling his hair around his head.

“What’s going on?” Erin asks Micheál.

Micheál shakes his head, looking at the ground. “It’s not for me to say.” He looks up with a rueful smile. “Come on, then. Let’s have a look.”

I follow behind everyone, wondering what the big secret is.

Erin and Micheál wander off to the left until they disappear into the dark, leaving me to either follow them and

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