The Seaside Strategy by Elana Johnson

Author:Elana Johnson [Johnson, Elana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: AEJ Creative Works

The following day, Lauren paced in the enormous kitchen at Cass’s house. Harrison hadn’t gotten home from work yet, but Cass had been entertaining her and Joy that afternoon. Evening was almost upon them, and Lauren threw a nervous look to the clock on the double oven.

“Why haven’t I heard yet?” she asked. “Ty said twenty-four hours, and it’s been twenty-three and a half.”

Joy had a date with Chester in an hour, and once Harrison came home, Cass would need to be ready to go too. They had a dinner appointment at a fancy place in Charleston that Cass just loved, which left Lauren alone tonight.

Blake had gone to Carter’s Cove to get his son, and they had plans to get hot dogs there before catching the last ferry back to the mainland. Then they had to drive around to Hilton Head again, and Lauren had planned an evening with pizza, popcorn, and pineapple sherbet in the big house three doors down.

Put on her favorite movie, surround herself with her favorite things, and celebrate—if only she had something to celebrate.

“He’ll call,” Joy said. “Give him a minute. Maybe he’s working that magic.”

That only made Lauren worry more, and she threw Cass a nervous look. Her friend wasn’t even watching her, and Lauren’s frustration skyrocketed.

It took another fifteen minutes of pacing—and two more questions of when she’d hear—before her phone rang and Ty’s name sat there.

Lauren swallowed and brushed her loose hair back. She hadn’t worked that day and having nothing to do certainly didn’t help her anxiety. “Hey,” she said as casually as she could.

“Lauren,” Ty said, his usual jovial self. A pause came through the line, and she held her breath, not daring to even breathe into it. “You got it!” he yelled.

Lauren sighed, her smile huge and the relief rushing through her with the strength of a stiff beach wind. “Oh, praise the stars,” she said.

Ty laughed and went over the paperwork and details he’d have his secretary send. Lauren said she’d watch her email, and then she hung up.

“You got it.” Joy rushed at her and wrapped her up into a tight hug. “I’m so happy for you.” Her voice broke on the last word, though, and Lauren pressed her eyes closed to keep her tears in.

“You’ll come stay in the guest bedroom every weekend,” she whispered.

“Heck yes, I will,” Joy whispered back, though both of them knew Joy wouldn’t do that. Cass hugged her too, and then she went into the master to get ready, Joy left through the front door, and Lauren stood in not-her-house and grinned and grinned as she typed out two texts.

One to her Supper Club group, who were all anxiously awaiting the news. The other went to Blake, who responded almost as fast as Bea and Bessie.

As she left Cass’s and went down the street to her house to make her popcorn and order her pizza, her thoughts went west. First to Texas, and then further, to California. Maybe she should reach out to her brother and let him know she was making a twelve-hundred-mile move.

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