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‘something more’ had even entered his head. What is so special about this woman; a woman I’ve known only a week, that I am thinking about the future?
Before Cam could answer his own question, Annie stepped out onto the balcony with the cold beers. She smiled as she handed him one.
He raised it up and said, “Cheers.”
“Cheers,” Annie replied as they knocked the bottlenecks together. Both took large gulps of their beer. Annie settled down onto one of the outdoor lounge chairs while Cam leaned against the clear glass balcony railing.
Neither one said anything for a minute or two. Annie was getting curious about this man. He had kissed her twice with such passion that she was more than a little eager to know more about him.
“We’ve spent most of this week together,” Annie started, “and I still know very little about you.”
“What do you want to know?” Cam asked directly and maybe with a hint of vexation in his tone.
“Umm, gosh! I’m not sure exactly,” Annie sputtered.
“Okay. I will give you 20 questions. Ask me anything and I will tell you the truth,” he told her.
Annie smiled, accepting his terms. “Do you have other family besides your father?”
“Yeah. Like I told you the other day, my parents live two hours north of Sydney and so do my brother and his family and my younger sister.”
“Wow!” Annie didn’t know why she was surprised he had family, but she was. “Are you close with them?”
“Absolutely. Chris, he’s my best mate. We pretty much did everything together growing up. Chelsea is a pain in the butt, but she is as tough as they come. She always followed Chris and I around and can surf with the best. Mum and Dad managed my surfing career until recently. So yeah, we’re a tight -knit bunch,” Cam told her. She could tell by the way he spoke that he was proud they were his family.
“You’re lucky,” Annie said with dismay. “I was never close with my mother or my older sister. My daddy tried sometimes but mother would then tell him something to do with my sister, Tracey, and his attention was back on her.”
“She was their favorite?”
Annie sighed. “She would have been their only if my mother had her way.”
Cam was a little taken aback by her response. How could someone not like, or love, this beautiful girl in front of him? She didn’t seem like a difficult person. Cam needed to know more.
“Really? Why do you think that?”
“I don’t think it, I know it. Mother told me to my face. Tracey was supposed to be the only child my parents had. Mother was grooming her for the stage before Tracey could even talk. When mother found out she was expecting me, she wanted to get rid of me. My father wouldn’t let her, in hope that I would be a boy.” Annie took a deep breath and then exhaled. “I disappointed them right from the start, without even knowing it.”
“That wasn’t your fault,” Cam said indignantly.
“No, but according to my mother, I was always in the way. I was never as beautiful as Tracey was, nor as talented as her. She was going to be the star my mother never was, so whatever Tracey wanted and needed, is what Tracey got.” Annie turned her head and looked off into the distance. Thinking about it just made her heart break for what might have been.
Cam noticed that she wasn’t quite with him. He took a swig of his beer and then placed it on the outdoor side table. He crouched down beside Annie’s seat. Placing a gentle hand on the side of her face, he turned her to face him.
“Why so sad, Nashville?” He was genuinely concerned. Annie looked as if the whole world was about to fall apart.
“Tracey did get whatever she wanted. She’s a big star on Broadway now. I always wanted to tell my parents exactly how they had made me feel while I was growing up. The day I decided to do it, was the day they were flying home from seeing Tracey debut in a new show.” Annie swallowed back the emotions that were trying to surface. “I
Before Cam could answer his own question, Annie stepped out onto the balcony with the cold beers. She smiled as she handed him one.
He raised it up and said, “Cheers.”
“Cheers,” Annie replied as they knocked the bottlenecks together. Both took large gulps of their beer. Annie settled down onto one of the outdoor lounge chairs while Cam leaned against the clear glass balcony railing.
Neither one said anything for a minute or two. Annie was getting curious about this man. He had kissed her twice with such passion that she was more than a little eager to know more about him.
“We’ve spent most of this week together,” Annie started, “and I still know very little about you.”
“What do you want to know?” Cam asked directly and maybe with a hint of vexation in his tone.
“Umm, gosh! I’m not sure exactly,” Annie sputtered.
“Okay. I will give you 20 questions. Ask me anything and I will tell you the truth,” he told her.
Annie smiled, accepting his terms. “Do you have other family besides your father?”
“Yeah. Like I told you the other day, my parents live two hours north of Sydney and so do my brother and his family and my younger sister.”
“Wow!” Annie didn’t know why she was surprised he had family, but she was. “Are you close with them?”
“Absolutely. Chris, he’s my best mate. We pretty much did everything together growing up. Chelsea is a pain in the butt, but she is as tough as they come. She always followed Chris and I around and can surf with the best. Mum and Dad managed my surfing career until recently. So yeah, we’re a tight -knit bunch,” Cam told her. She could tell by the way he spoke that he was proud they were his family.
“You’re lucky,” Annie said with dismay. “I was never close with my mother or my older sister. My daddy tried sometimes but mother would then tell him something to do with my sister, Tracey, and his attention was back on her.”
“She was their favorite?”
Annie sighed. “She would have been their only if my mother had her way.”
Cam was a little taken aback by her response. How could someone not like, or love, this beautiful girl in front of him? She didn’t seem like a difficult person. Cam needed to know more.
“Really? Why do you think that?”
“I don’t think it, I know it. Mother told me to my face. Tracey was supposed to be the only child my parents had. Mother was grooming her for the stage before Tracey could even talk. When mother found out she was expecting me, she wanted to get rid of me. My father wouldn’t let her, in hope that I would be a boy.” Annie took a deep breath and then exhaled. “I disappointed them right from the start, without even knowing it.”
“That wasn’t your fault,” Cam said indignantly.
“No, but according to my mother, I was always in the way. I was never as beautiful as Tracey was, nor as talented as her. She was going to be the star my mother never was, so whatever Tracey wanted and needed, is what Tracey got.” Annie turned her head and looked off into the distance. Thinking about it just made her heart break for what might have been.
Cam noticed that she wasn’t quite with him. He took a swig of his beer and then placed it on the outdoor side table. He crouched down beside Annie’s seat. Placing a gentle hand on the side of her face, he turned her to face him.
“Why so sad, Nashville?” He was genuinely concerned. Annie looked as if the whole world was about to fall apart.
“Tracey did get whatever she wanted. She’s a big star on Broadway now. I always wanted to tell my parents exactly how they had made me feel while I was growing up. The day I decided to do it, was the day they were flying home from seeing Tracey debut in a new show.” Annie swallowed back the emotions that were trying to surface. “I
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