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something humming through me.”
“You mean like emotions? Longing for the past?” Jenna asked.
Angie said, “Yeah. That must be it. I just get a funny feeling when I come back here.”
Jenna put her arm through Angie’s. They sat on the ground and reminisced about their childhood summers spent on the point and chuckled about silly things they had done.
Jenna breathed out a big sigh. “Everything changes, I guess.”
“That’s for sure,” Angie said, her voice tinged with sadness.
They sat for a few more minutes admiring the view when they heard footsteps approaching behind them. They turned to see Josh Williams coming towards them.
“I thought it was you.” He smiled at Angie. “It’s a beautiful day.”
“Oh. Hi.” Angie stood up. Even though she found Josh attractive, Angie wasn’t thrilled to see him. It was his and his brother’s fault that she was losing her livelihood by not renewing her bake shop’s lease. He seemed interested in her, but she knew she could be misinterpreting his intentions. It was kind of a weird and awkward situation. “We’re out for a bike ride and stopped for a break. This is my sister, Jenna.”
Jenna stood up and shook hands with Josh.
“It’s nice to meet you.” Josh gave Jenna a pleasant smile and then turned back to Angie. “Would you like to come in to the resort? Have a drink or something to eat?”
“Um, no. But, thanks.” Angie was surprised that Josh was inviting them to have a drink with him. “We’ll be getting back on the bikes in a minute. We haven’t finished our ride.”
“We’ve recently upgraded the resort restaurants. I think they came out great. Maybe you can come by another time. I think you’ll like the changes.” Josh smiled at Angie. “I’d like your opinion.”
Angie’s cheeks tinged with pink from Josh’s attention. Despite her attraction to him, she couldn’t help shake the feeling that he was almost an enemy. She wondered why Josh would want her opinion. “Well, we’ve never been inside the resort so we don’t know what it looked like before.”
“You’ve never been inside?” Josh looked disappointed. “Why, not?
“I….” Angie started to speak but didn’t really have an answer.
Jenna said, “We’ve sort of avoided the resort. Our nana owned one of the original cottages that used to be here on the point. Nana couldn’t afford to buy the land, so the town took over her house. Then everything got sold to your family. We used to spend summers here with our nana.” She shrugged.
“I’m sorry.” Josh seemed sincerely saddened. “It must be hard for you to see the changes.”
Angie watched Josh. She was wary of him. Their two families seemed to be at odds. She knew the Williams family wasn’t to blame for her nana losing her cottage, but they profited from it and, years later, they were kicking her bake shop out of the building they recently purchased. It seemed that the people in Angie’s family were always the ones on the losing end of things. Now the Williams brothers were trying to get their hands on the Victorian. Maybe she was wrong, but money and financial gain seemed to be the overriding motivator in that family. A flood of annoyance shot through her body. They won’t get the Victorian from us, no matter how hard they try. Angie attempted to tamp down her feelings, but she was prickling with the injustice of things.
She looked straight at Josh. “We missed you last night.”
Josh looked puzzled. “Last night?”
“Your brother paid us a visit. I wondered why you weren’t with him.”
“Davis visited you? Where?”
“At the Victorian,” Angie said.
Josh shook his head. “I didn’t know he was going to see you. What did he want?”
Angie cocked her head to one side and raised her eyebrows. I bet you know what he wanted. She put a smile on her face. “Is this the good cop, bad cop routine?”
Josh’s forehead scrunched in confusion. “What do you mean?”
Angie said, “You
“You mean like emotions? Longing for the past?” Jenna asked.
Angie said, “Yeah. That must be it. I just get a funny feeling when I come back here.”
Jenna put her arm through Angie’s. They sat on the ground and reminisced about their childhood summers spent on the point and chuckled about silly things they had done.
Jenna breathed out a big sigh. “Everything changes, I guess.”
“That’s for sure,” Angie said, her voice tinged with sadness.
They sat for a few more minutes admiring the view when they heard footsteps approaching behind them. They turned to see Josh Williams coming towards them.
“I thought it was you.” He smiled at Angie. “It’s a beautiful day.”
“Oh. Hi.” Angie stood up. Even though she found Josh attractive, Angie wasn’t thrilled to see him. It was his and his brother’s fault that she was losing her livelihood by not renewing her bake shop’s lease. He seemed interested in her, but she knew she could be misinterpreting his intentions. It was kind of a weird and awkward situation. “We’re out for a bike ride and stopped for a break. This is my sister, Jenna.”
Jenna stood up and shook hands with Josh.
“It’s nice to meet you.” Josh gave Jenna a pleasant smile and then turned back to Angie. “Would you like to come in to the resort? Have a drink or something to eat?”
“Um, no. But, thanks.” Angie was surprised that Josh was inviting them to have a drink with him. “We’ll be getting back on the bikes in a minute. We haven’t finished our ride.”
“We’ve recently upgraded the resort restaurants. I think they came out great. Maybe you can come by another time. I think you’ll like the changes.” Josh smiled at Angie. “I’d like your opinion.”
Angie’s cheeks tinged with pink from Josh’s attention. Despite her attraction to him, she couldn’t help shake the feeling that he was almost an enemy. She wondered why Josh would want her opinion. “Well, we’ve never been inside the resort so we don’t know what it looked like before.”
“You’ve never been inside?” Josh looked disappointed. “Why, not?
“I….” Angie started to speak but didn’t really have an answer.
Jenna said, “We’ve sort of avoided the resort. Our nana owned one of the original cottages that used to be here on the point. Nana couldn’t afford to buy the land, so the town took over her house. Then everything got sold to your family. We used to spend summers here with our nana.” She shrugged.
“I’m sorry.” Josh seemed sincerely saddened. “It must be hard for you to see the changes.”
Angie watched Josh. She was wary of him. Their two families seemed to be at odds. She knew the Williams family wasn’t to blame for her nana losing her cottage, but they profited from it and, years later, they were kicking her bake shop out of the building they recently purchased. It seemed that the people in Angie’s family were always the ones on the losing end of things. Now the Williams brothers were trying to get their hands on the Victorian. Maybe she was wrong, but money and financial gain seemed to be the overriding motivator in that family. A flood of annoyance shot through her body. They won’t get the Victorian from us, no matter how hard they try. Angie attempted to tamp down her feelings, but she was prickling with the injustice of things.
She looked straight at Josh. “We missed you last night.”
Josh looked puzzled. “Last night?”
“Your brother paid us a visit. I wondered why you weren’t with him.”
“Davis visited you? Where?”
“At the Victorian,” Angie said.
Josh shook his head. “I didn’t know he was going to see you. What did he want?”
Angie cocked her head to one side and raised her eyebrows. I bet you know what he wanted. She put a smile on her face. “Is this the good cop, bad cop routine?”
Josh’s forehead scrunched in confusion. “What do you mean?”
Angie said, “You
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