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mean euphemism , Jess. And to be honest, I hadn’t noticed. But really, girls, I think it’s a little inappropriate to speak in such a way about a member of the staff. Now come on, it’s lights out!”
She slammed the door behind her as more giggles followed. She rolled her eyes and made her way back to her own cabin.
****
Once inside, she showered and changed into her pyjamas. She towel dried her hair, letting it fall around her shoulders in damp waves and slumped onto her bed, feeling far too wired considering the amount of exercise she had done. Standing again, she paced the room for a few minutes before she made the same mistake as the night before. Flicking her iPod onto random, she was initially relieved when a more recent track began to play. But after a few minutes of listening to the shiver inducing lyrics of “Decode” by Paramore, she was in tears again and vowing angrily to completely change her track list.
Suddenly, the urge to go to Jason and get some answers was overwhelming. She wanted to slap his face. Scream at him. Ask him why . Hold him and pinch herself so that she knew this was not a cruel dream. Fate, if there was such a thing, had brought her here. Or was it divine intervention? Was this all part of God’s mysterious plan?
Whatever it was, she couldn’t eradicate the deep-seated feeling that this was meant to happen. It was time. Time to face the demons that had haunted her since she was eighteen years old and suffering a broken heart at the hands of the man she loved and trusted more than anything in the world. The only thing she had to ensure was that, no matter what he said, she would be guarded. She wouldn’t let him in.
Not this time.
Not again.
Grabbing her fleece, she checked her appearance. Her eyes were red and her face a little puffy from crying. She scooped her hair up into a scruffy bun on the top of her head, realising she looked a little bedraggled. But she decided it didn’t matter, seeing as she wasn’t out to seduce the man. She just wanted answers, nothing more. Despite his physical appeal, he had changed and she didn’t know him anymore.
Before she could give both sides of her psyche the chance to argue the point and make her change her mind, she walked out of her door, grabbing the little torch that hung on the hook by the window as she passed. She closed the door softly behind her and walked as quietly as possible along the pathway to look for the break in the trees that Jason had mentioned.
Gravel and twigs crunched under her feet as she made her way through the eerie quiet of the night. A few moments later, the gap leading to the walkway stood before her. The cabin was homey looking. Appearances suggested that he actually lived here on site. There were solar lanterns hanging all around and some skirted the property on spikes in the ground. There was an orange glow coming from the window. She stood silently contemplating whether she was about to make a stupid, catastrophic mistake. Going down this road could be the answer to all her questions, but it could also shatter the fragile pieces of her heart that remained.
As she stood looking at his home, she saw him. He walked over to the window as if he sensed her presence. She ducked behind a tree so that she could still observe him without being seen. He was bare-chested just like he’d said he would be. His hair was loose once again, and as he looked out, his shoulders slumped and his head dropped.
He’d been looking for her.
Her breath caught in her throat and her heart ached. She waited for him to walk away from the window, and deciding she couldn’t go through with it after all, she closed her eyes for a few moments, willing her heart rate to calm, and then she turned to walk away.
“Don’t go.” His voice cracked as he spoke and she jumped.
It appeared that he had softened a little since she’d arrived. She wondered what had changed. Perhaps his arrogance was dissipating. He had seemed
She slammed the door behind her as more giggles followed. She rolled her eyes and made her way back to her own cabin.
****
Once inside, she showered and changed into her pyjamas. She towel dried her hair, letting it fall around her shoulders in damp waves and slumped onto her bed, feeling far too wired considering the amount of exercise she had done. Standing again, she paced the room for a few minutes before she made the same mistake as the night before. Flicking her iPod onto random, she was initially relieved when a more recent track began to play. But after a few minutes of listening to the shiver inducing lyrics of “Decode” by Paramore, she was in tears again and vowing angrily to completely change her track list.
Suddenly, the urge to go to Jason and get some answers was overwhelming. She wanted to slap his face. Scream at him. Ask him why . Hold him and pinch herself so that she knew this was not a cruel dream. Fate, if there was such a thing, had brought her here. Or was it divine intervention? Was this all part of God’s mysterious plan?
Whatever it was, she couldn’t eradicate the deep-seated feeling that this was meant to happen. It was time. Time to face the demons that had haunted her since she was eighteen years old and suffering a broken heart at the hands of the man she loved and trusted more than anything in the world. The only thing she had to ensure was that, no matter what he said, she would be guarded. She wouldn’t let him in.
Not this time.
Not again.
Grabbing her fleece, she checked her appearance. Her eyes were red and her face a little puffy from crying. She scooped her hair up into a scruffy bun on the top of her head, realising she looked a little bedraggled. But she decided it didn’t matter, seeing as she wasn’t out to seduce the man. She just wanted answers, nothing more. Despite his physical appeal, he had changed and she didn’t know him anymore.
Before she could give both sides of her psyche the chance to argue the point and make her change her mind, she walked out of her door, grabbing the little torch that hung on the hook by the window as she passed. She closed the door softly behind her and walked as quietly as possible along the pathway to look for the break in the trees that Jason had mentioned.
Gravel and twigs crunched under her feet as she made her way through the eerie quiet of the night. A few moments later, the gap leading to the walkway stood before her. The cabin was homey looking. Appearances suggested that he actually lived here on site. There were solar lanterns hanging all around and some skirted the property on spikes in the ground. There was an orange glow coming from the window. She stood silently contemplating whether she was about to make a stupid, catastrophic mistake. Going down this road could be the answer to all her questions, but it could also shatter the fragile pieces of her heart that remained.
As she stood looking at his home, she saw him. He walked over to the window as if he sensed her presence. She ducked behind a tree so that she could still observe him without being seen. He was bare-chested just like he’d said he would be. His hair was loose once again, and as he looked out, his shoulders slumped and his head dropped.
He’d been looking for her.
Her breath caught in her throat and her heart ached. She waited for him to walk away from the window, and deciding she couldn’t go through with it after all, she closed her eyes for a few moments, willing her heart rate to calm, and then she turned to walk away.
“Don’t go.” His voice cracked as he spoke and she jumped.
It appeared that he had softened a little since she’d arrived. She wondered what had changed. Perhaps his arrogance was dissipating. He had seemed
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