Return to Silver Bay by Lara Van Hulzen

Author:Lara Van Hulzen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance
ISBN: 9781944925116
Publisher: Tule Publishing
Published: 2016-02-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

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Maggie headed down the escalator toward baggage claim. She made her way through the crowd to Hannah and gave her a hug.

“Welcome back,” Hannah said. “You okay?”

“Nope.”

Both women laughed.

“You will be,” Hannah encouraged. “You’re home now.”

Maggie shook her head. “What have I done? I have a house I can’t afford, no job, only enough in my savings for about six months, and I have no idea who my parents are. Crap. I don’t even have a car.”

“Let’s take one thing at a time. You can use my car until we find you one. For now, we need to get your bags and we’ll go from there. Come on, I read on the monitor that they’ll come in on carousel three.”

*

It was dusk when they turned onto the dirt road toward her house. Hannah had put a few lights on inside that sent a warm and welcoming glow, even from down the road. Maggie sighed. She never viewed it as a place she wanted to be, but now… well, she wasn’t sure what now. The For Sale sign brought her back to reality and her heart hurt. She looked past the sign to see Josh standing on the front porch. Her heart warmed. Home.

He came down the steps as Hannah parked the car and they climbed out.

“Let me help you with your bags.” They danced around one another awkwardly as he headed to the trunk to retrieve her luggage. They hadn’t spoken since she left for Seattle.

While Josh put her bags inside, Hannah hugged her good-bye and left. Josh joined her on the front porch, sitting in the large wicker chair next to hers. He tried to look relaxed, but as he hunched forward, his elbows resting on his knees, he kept rubbing the tips of his fingers together the way he used to do when he played football. It meant he was focused and thinking hard.

“Aren’t you gonna ask me?”

“Ask you what?” He looked at her, confused.

“What everyone else wants to know. What are you gonna do now, Maggie?”

“No. I’m just glad you’re here,” he said.

She giggled at the sight of him.

“What’s so funny?” he asked.

“I think you do want to ask me something, because you look like you may spontaneously combust if you don’t. That, or rub all the skin off the tips of your fingers.”

He looked at his hands then grinned at her.

“I’m that easy to read, huh?”

“No, I just know you, that’s all.”

“Yes, you do.” He took a deep breath and rubbed his hands along his pant legs.

“Go ahead. I’m listening.”

“Well, you had a visitor while you were gone.”

Maggie stopped smiling.

“I was wondering what your reaction would be to that. Anyway, Hannah asked me to come by and check on things one day and Lady Guinevere showed up in her little Volvo. I couldn’t believe it. I thought for sure she had the wrong house. I waited as she got out of the car, and she looked a bit shocked when she saw me here. I’m assuming because she expected you.

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