Park by Gemma Weir

Author:Gemma Weir [Weir, Gemma]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Archer’s Creek: Book Four
Publisher: Gemma Weir
Published: 2019-02-24T18:30:00+00:00

I have no idea what to say. How do you apologize for your best friend behaving like a crazy person? Taylor is one of the most indulged people I’ve ever met, but this, tracking down her half-brother to have sex with him, that’s beyond messed up.

I can’t help but think this is all Taylor’s mom and Park’s dad’s fault. If they had just sorted all of their crap out, then Taylor and Park could have been raised as siblings and it would have saved everyone from so much unnecessary pain and suffering.

My heart hurts when I think about a young Taylor being dragged to DNA test after DNA test, only to have Park’s dad reject her over and over again. Then poor Park; falling in love with his best friend only to find out that she’s actually his half-sister. He lost the girl he loved, his best friend, his home, and his family all on the same day.

“I don’t know what else to say. I’m just so sorry for both of you,” I say, hoping he can hear the sincerity in my voice.

Park drops my hand and instead wraps one long arm around me, pulling me into his side. Turning, I wrap both of my arms around his waist and bury my face into his shoulder. Somehow, he’s ended up comforting me, when my intention had been to offer him support. His spicy pine scent surrounds me and I inhale deeply, committing the smell to memory.

Somehow in the last couple of days, Park really has become my friend. The only thing we have in common is Taylor. We’re from different worlds, different states, different lives, but despite that it feels like I’ve known him forever.

For the first time I realize that tomorrow I’m leaving and I’m going to miss him. Given that he doesn’t want a relationship with Taylor, I doubt we’ll ever see each other again, and the thought makes me sad.

I should pull away from his touch, but I don’t. Instead, I bask in his comfort, stealing enough memories of him to last me a lifetime. Because somehow, these few days in this town with him have become important to me.

“I’m going to miss you.” The words are out, and I close my eyes, wishing I could hang my head in shame. He’s going to think I’m a psycho too. I mean who says they’re going to miss someone they’ve only known for three days?

“I’m gonna miss you too, Rosebud.”

We sit there, our arms around each other for a while longer, but neither of us speaks again. I’m not sure if it’s embarrassment that keeps me silent or that there’s just nothing else to say. I’m leaving in the morning and it’s unlikely that I’ll ever come back. I’m not sure how it’s possible to meet someone and just click in such a short space of time. I’d thought he wanted to be around me because of Taylor, that I was just a link to his sister, but really he’s been telling me all along that it wasn’t about her and today just confirmed that.

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