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holds me until I stop crying.
I sniff and say, “Thanks…Mom.” I giggle and Julie hugs me tight as she laughs. “I love that, Hadley. I’ll always be here when you need me. Please remember that, sweetie. If you come back early enough tomorrow, maybe we can go grab some lunch. Chrissie won’t be here, but you, Simone and I can go for lunch? Finn mentioned you have a bonfire to go to at your friend’s tomorrow night and that he also wanted to go church, so we’ll see. Simone and I are free all day.”
“Okay. I’d like that.” I smile at her and walk out of the kitchen to pack and call Bethany.
CHAPTER 6
“Hadley, come here.” Bethany Chackmore holds her arms out and I run up the rest of the lengthy flight of stairs to her porch stoop. Her chocolate lab, Cupcake, is also there to greet me. I drop my bags and hug Bethany, burying my face in her long, strawberry blonde hair, crying yet again.
After a few minutes, I gather my things and she ushers me into her cream-colored, two-story house. There is a one-car garage on each side of the stairs going up to the front door, and the two second-floor bedrooms at the front of the house each have their own balcony. More notably, the living room on the other side of the house has a door leading out to her expansive back deck overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.
Bethany’s backyard is the beach. Fenwick Island is a small town, so she said there isn’t a whole lot of tourist traffic behind her house because of that and because of the brush and unkempt grass dotting the beach. It’s also a somewhat rocky section with huge brown boulders sticking up out of the water. I absolutely love it here. It’s my favorite place to visit.
“Where are Cody and Cooper?” I ask of her veterinarian husband and their four-year-old son.
“Cooper is at Grandma’s. Cody will be back in a bit. We were going to have a pre-Easter Eve bonfire.” She nods to her right. “Tomorrow night will be with some of the neighbors. Tonight, it’s just us.”
I cover my mouth. “I don’t mean to intrude. As a matter of fact, I’ll stay at a hotel.”
She rolls her eyes. “Hadley, don’t be silly. You can just turn your head if we start kissing.” She giggles, which makes me follow. “Just kidding. You can leave then.”
I laugh again. “Oh, Bethany. I’ve missed you so much.”
“I did, too, Hadley.” Bethany picks up my suitcase and I try to take it from her. She swings it out of my reach and walks over to the staircase leading upstairs. “So, tell me what happened.”
I clutch my two small bags and purse and follow her up. “I was stupid, as usual.” I look around, surveying the windows in Bethany’s house—large ones, small ones and sliding glass doors. It is so bright in here.
“What do you mean?”
“I brought up a subject that is forbidden and should never be spoken of.”
She says over her shoulder, “I guess you’re not talking about your pancakes.”
“Skank!” I pretend to be horrified, but can’t hold the pretense for long before I laugh.
She tries again, “Marriage?”
“That’s the biggie, but no.”
She walks us down the hall, turning a corner and stopping at the first door on the left. “A baby?”
“Yes.”
“He obviously didn’t like the idea?”
“That’s a catastrophic understatement.”
She walks through the door and puts my suitcase on a chair in the spacious, medium blue guest room. “Oh, no. When did you talk about it? After you got to his mom’s?”
“Yeah.” I take in the room. “Why is this room so dark and the rest of the house like an airport lit up at night?” I laugh.
“Cody likes to sometimes sleep in here when he has a migraine. Darkness helps, so we put the sunblock shades up with the dark blue curtains in here. I can open them up for you.”
“No!” I giggle at my own enthusiasm. “Actually, I like it dark.”
She grins. “Cool. Just be careful because when it gets darker outside, it gets
I sniff and say, “Thanks…Mom.” I giggle and Julie hugs me tight as she laughs. “I love that, Hadley. I’ll always be here when you need me. Please remember that, sweetie. If you come back early enough tomorrow, maybe we can go grab some lunch. Chrissie won’t be here, but you, Simone and I can go for lunch? Finn mentioned you have a bonfire to go to at your friend’s tomorrow night and that he also wanted to go church, so we’ll see. Simone and I are free all day.”
“Okay. I’d like that.” I smile at her and walk out of the kitchen to pack and call Bethany.
CHAPTER 6
“Hadley, come here.” Bethany Chackmore holds her arms out and I run up the rest of the lengthy flight of stairs to her porch stoop. Her chocolate lab, Cupcake, is also there to greet me. I drop my bags and hug Bethany, burying my face in her long, strawberry blonde hair, crying yet again.
After a few minutes, I gather my things and she ushers me into her cream-colored, two-story house. There is a one-car garage on each side of the stairs going up to the front door, and the two second-floor bedrooms at the front of the house each have their own balcony. More notably, the living room on the other side of the house has a door leading out to her expansive back deck overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.
Bethany’s backyard is the beach. Fenwick Island is a small town, so she said there isn’t a whole lot of tourist traffic behind her house because of that and because of the brush and unkempt grass dotting the beach. It’s also a somewhat rocky section with huge brown boulders sticking up out of the water. I absolutely love it here. It’s my favorite place to visit.
“Where are Cody and Cooper?” I ask of her veterinarian husband and their four-year-old son.
“Cooper is at Grandma’s. Cody will be back in a bit. We were going to have a pre-Easter Eve bonfire.” She nods to her right. “Tomorrow night will be with some of the neighbors. Tonight, it’s just us.”
I cover my mouth. “I don’t mean to intrude. As a matter of fact, I’ll stay at a hotel.”
She rolls her eyes. “Hadley, don’t be silly. You can just turn your head if we start kissing.” She giggles, which makes me follow. “Just kidding. You can leave then.”
I laugh again. “Oh, Bethany. I’ve missed you so much.”
“I did, too, Hadley.” Bethany picks up my suitcase and I try to take it from her. She swings it out of my reach and walks over to the staircase leading upstairs. “So, tell me what happened.”
I clutch my two small bags and purse and follow her up. “I was stupid, as usual.” I look around, surveying the windows in Bethany’s house—large ones, small ones and sliding glass doors. It is so bright in here.
“What do you mean?”
“I brought up a subject that is forbidden and should never be spoken of.”
She says over her shoulder, “I guess you’re not talking about your pancakes.”
“Skank!” I pretend to be horrified, but can’t hold the pretense for long before I laugh.
She tries again, “Marriage?”
“That’s the biggie, but no.”
She walks us down the hall, turning a corner and stopping at the first door on the left. “A baby?”
“Yes.”
“He obviously didn’t like the idea?”
“That’s a catastrophic understatement.”
She walks through the door and puts my suitcase on a chair in the spacious, medium blue guest room. “Oh, no. When did you talk about it? After you got to his mom’s?”
“Yeah.” I take in the room. “Why is this room so dark and the rest of the house like an airport lit up at night?” I laugh.
“Cody likes to sometimes sleep in here when he has a migraine. Darkness helps, so we put the sunblock shades up with the dark blue curtains in here. I can open them up for you.”
“No!” I giggle at my own enthusiasm. “Actually, I like it dark.”
She grins. “Cool. Just be careful because when it gets darker outside, it gets
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