Waves of Time (The Coleman Series Book 3) by Katie Winters

Author:Katie Winters [Winters, Katie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-06-19T18:30:00+00:00

Thaddeus wrote back almost immediately.

THADDEUS: I can’t thank you enough.

Flooded with the warmth of knowing someone cared so much for her, Aria allowed herself to fall asleep— if only till the light of the morning awoke her and reminded her of the shock of the night.

Chapter Twelve

Hilary awoke that Sunday morning in her bed, still in her clothes from yesterday. She hadn’t removed her makeup, and her skin felt craggy and dried out. As she made her way to her ensuite bathroom, a memory of the night before crept through her mind, and she winced in the doorway.

At the family party, Sophie and Sam had told her about Aria’s involvement with some druggy, and the idea of that had begun to eat through her brain, so much so that as everyone left Sophie’s house for the evening, she could do nothing but drive directly to Robby’s Crab Cabin to speak to Aria directly. A part of her suspected Aria would go out that night, perhaps even to do drugs, and she wanted to stop her, as irrational as that was.

But on the drive to Robby’s Crab Cabin, her dang eyes had begun to act up again. The bright lights of cars and streetlamps had glowed so horrendously that it had been difficult for her to make her way through the darkness. She’d felt nearly blind. By the time she’d managed to park downtown, she’d worked herself up into such a fright that she hadn’t felt like herself. So, when she’d finally gotten out of her convertible and begun to walk toward Robby’s Crab Cabin, at which point she’d seen a guy she assumed was the guy Sophie and Sam had told her about, she hadn’t exactly been in a brilliant mood. It had taken every bit of strength she had not to bite his head off.

Hilary couldn’t remember everything she’d said to Aria last night. She imagined much of it hadn’t been kind. Still, she was pretty sure she hadn’t come right out and asked Aria about the drug use, as she’d been too afraid of her answer.

But throughout their conversation, Hilary had struggled with the bright spots, so much so that she’d staggered around, unable to look Aria in the eye. Aria, who knew Hilary better than anyone, immediately picked up on it and demanded to drive Hilary home. Hilary had been too exhausted to say no.

Ugh. It was one of the bigger messes Hilary had ever created. And she wasn’t entirely sure how she could have avoided it, either.

In the bathroom, Hilary washed her face and applied retinol, moisturizer, and sunscreen, then put her hair into a ponytail and blinked several times, scanning the tiled floor, the light on the ceiling, and the shower, looking for some sign of those horrible bright bulbs in her vision. It seemed they were gone for now.

Hilary was still too frightened to google it.

When Hilary returned to her bedroom, she found a text message on her phone from none other than Frank Wilmington, which should have made her heart skip with joy but only increased her dread.

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