The Beach House (Clearwater Bay Series Book 4) by Megan Jacobs

Author:Megan Jacobs [Jacobs, Megan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-01-12T18:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

The drive back to the hotel passed in a blur. I stumbled out of the car and barely remembered to lock it behind me as I made my way to the room where I usually found Mary.

I peeked in and my stomach flipped with anxiety when the usual cloud of white hair wasn’t there to greet me.

Had something happened to Mary? This was officially going down in the history books as the second worst day of my life.

I looked around frantically. She definitely wasn’t there, or anywhere else on the ground level of the hotel. She’s just gone out with friends, or something, I told myself, but that didn’t help to allay my panic. She couldn’t be gone. I needed her.

I walked back into the sunny room where I usually found my elderly friend and sank down into the rocking chair beside the one she usually occupied. I buried my head in my hands and closed my eyes against the tears I could feel coming.

“Are you all right, dear?” A soft, warm hand on the back of my neck accompanied the words. I recognized the voice immediately.

My head shot up, and the warm, familiar, yet regal face of Mary looked down at me. She was frowning slightly, but that seemingly unquenchable look of mischief glittered in her eyes.

“Mary,” I gasped in relief, and got to my feet. I pulled her towards me and gave her a gentle hug. She felt as fragile as a glass doll in my arms. I released her just as gently, and she leaned on me as she hobbled to her chair.

“What’s wrong, sweetheart?” She sat in her usual chair and pulled a brand new ball of wool out from somewhere.

“I haven’t had a very good day,” I sat next to her with a deep sigh, rubbing the back of my neck in a ghostly echo of Liam.

“Trouble in paradise?”

“Something like that.”

“Would you like to talk about it?” She deftly attached the fresh wool and the reassuring clacking noise of the needles became the soundtrack to our conversation.

“Court didn’t go well, it was like deja vu. Martinez had something on Liam that he hadn’t told me about. Obviously, then Liam and I had a fight.” My voice caught on the lump of tears in the back of my throat that refused to dissolve. I started fiddling restlessly with my mother’s dolphin, running my thumbnail up and down its back. The movement soothed me somewhat, but I still felt like I was on the edge of a nervous breakdown.

“What happened with Liam?” Mary was immediately on the alert, the glitter in her eyes brightening.

“He kept something from me, and we argued, and I’m worried nothing will ever be the same again.” Saying the words out loud somehow made it true and the moment my words actually registered, the tears started flowing freely.

“Oh, my dear.” Mary reached out took my hands, comforting me with soothing sounds as I sobbed out the second worst day of my life.

I hadn’t cried since my parents died.

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