The Beach House by Rachel Hanna

Author:Rachel Hanna
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rachel Hanna

Chapter 10

"I don't even know what to say," Dawson said as he stood there next to Janine and Julie. He slowly scanned the room, his big green eyes widening over and over. Julie truly felt like a child who was about to be scolded by a parent.

"We are so sorry, Dawson. We were trying to help you by painting this room…"

"Do me a favor, ladies. Don't ever try to help me again.”

Janine giggled under her breath. “Sorry,” she said, when she noticed Dawson looking at her, his face impassable.

Dawson leaned down and picked up one of the drop cloths that he’d left so neatly folded in the corner. He stared at it for a moment, shook his head and rolled it into a ball, tossing it into an empty orange bucket.

Janine looked at her sister, unsure of what to say. Julie nodded her head toward the front door, indicating to Janine that she needed to get the heck out of dodge for awhile. Janine slipped out, probably happy to get away.

Maybe he was truly angry, Julie thought, as she watched him start cleaning up their mess. She walked to the other side of the room, picking up a paint brush that she’d tossed at her sister’s head.

“I really am so sorry, Dawson. Please don’t clean this mess up. Let me do it.”

He didn’t make eye contact. “I appreciate the offer, but I need to stay on schedule, and painting is on my schedule today.” He continued walking around, sometimes stopping to stare at the paint covered floor as if he was trying to figure out what to do.

Dawson pulled his phone from his pocket and sent a text. He then went back to work. Julie hated this feeling. The guy was basically a stranger to her, even though he was her best friend on the island. But, she still didn’t like feeling like he was mad at her.

“I assume we’ll need to sand the floors or something?” she finally asked.

“I texted my guy. He’ll come take a look at them tomorrow… see what can be done.”

Julie nodded, even though he wasn’t looking at her, and turned back to clean up. She noticed him starting to tape the moldings, so she decided she could at least help him do that. When he put the tape down for a moment, she picked it up and pulled off a long string before he could stop her.

“Julie, you don’t need to help me. This is my job.”

“Let me help. Please. I feel just awful about all of this. And embarrassed.”

He finally turned to look at her. “What happened exactly?”

She pressed the tape to the wall and turned back to him. “My sister and I happened. We’re like oil and water, and we can trigger each other very easily. She said something, or maybe I said something first… I can’t remember, honestly. Before I knew it, we were throwing handfuls of paint at each other.”

He smiled slightly. “I bet that was quite a relief on the pressure valve that is your relationship, huh?”

“In the moment.

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