New Hand (Bluewater Bay Book 23) by L.A. Witt
Author:L.A. Witt [Witt, L.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Riptide Publishing
Published: 2017-12-15T18:30:00+00:00
Kicked back on Scottâs balcony, I closed my eyes and let the weed work its magic. This was the kind of high I remembered from my college days. Back when I couldnât imagine anything more stressful than exams or term papers, and a few lungfuls of sour smoke was all Iâd needed to relax.
Since moving to Bluewater Bay, the hours Iâd spent smoking with Scott had been a reprieve from the crushing depression. They had worked much like a painkiller taking the edge off a nasty injuryâIâd still been miserable, but it had been temporarily bearable.
Today, it was more like a huge portion of the weight on my shoulders was gone. Like I was floating. Like I was actually high the way I remembered from my more carefree days: my head light and my body languid.
And if I was honest with myself, some of that lightness had been there even before Iâd taken my first drag. Every time I went anywhere near Jesse, a little more heaviness slid off. Not enough to make me think my grief would magically evaporate, but enough to give me hope that I wouldnât feel like shit forever.
Across from me, Scott rubbed the bridge of his nose, his features still tight even though we were better than halfway through an exceptionally strong joint.
âYouâre too stoned to be this stressed,â I said. âWhatâs wrong?â
He laughed halfheartedly and sat back. Staring up at the sky, he sighed. âWedding planning. Thatâs whatâs wrong.â
I grimaced. âStill?â
âItâs not until December,â he grumbled. âItâs going to be happening for a while.â
âAre you at least making headway?â
âOh yeah. But itâs two steps forward and three steps back. You get two things locked down, deposits paid and all that, and three others fall through. You know how it goes.â Instantly, he winced. âSorry.â
âItâs okay.â I smiled as I set the joint in the ashtray on the plastic table between us. âYeah, I do know how it goes. Itâs a goddamned circus.â
âIt so is.â He closed his eyes again, but the tension lingered in his forehead. âThis wedding shit is a nightmare.â He scowled harder. âI mean, the planning part. Iâm looking forward to it and all, and I canât wait until weâre married, but damn, Iâd forgotten what a headache it was.â
âItâll be worth it in the end.â Nostalgia crept in, reminding me of how frazzled Sean and I had been in the weeks leading up to our wedding. Iâd never forget how Iâd been tearing my hair out right up until the ceremony, and how the moment Iâd laid eyes on him in that tailored tux, grinning with tears in his eyes, surrounded by all the people and decorations weâd spent months wrangling . . . it had been worth it. Every frustrating, expensive moment. I had no doubt Scott and Jeremy would feel the same way.
Scott gazed up at the trees. âItâs weird, you know? This is my second wedding, but the first legal one.â He smiled serenely, some of that tension fading from his expression.
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