I loved it. That one time a year that my parents acted like they truly loved each other, that was until I turned twelve and my dad split. Then it was just me and my mom, she worked so much to just keep us alive you know it was just me and her from then on out. So, when I got a chance to afford a place, I wanted one out of the public eye, I actually came here on a shoot one time. I saw it and fell in love with it right away, it was everything I ever wanted. This place was just going to be a getaway, but shit happened back in LA and I couldn’t be there any more I just needed out and to get away. I couldn’t be a part of the world anymore.” Walking along the beach the crashing waves being the only sound around.
“I take it from the silence you know about LA?” he questions.
Biting my lip, I just nod my head. “B has a thing for those trashy gossip magazines.”
Without another word, we walked on the beach just looking out into the night. Our arms almost touching I could feel the hum of attraction running up my body just out of reach. That was until he touched my hand, when our fingers locked the hum of attraction turned into something more. Have you ever felt like even though you had just met someone you have known them forever?
That’s how it felt walking hand and hand with Kelly.
We didn’t have to be talking, we could just walk down the beach, holding hands and enjoying each other’s company. That’s just what we did, and it was perfect.
Chapter Four
Kelly
After the morning at the restaurant, when I finally got the courage to touch and talk to Cora it was like a spark inside of me took off. When I grabbed her wrist and she turned to look at me.
“Will you meet me on the beach tonight at six-thirty?” My heart stopped until she answered.
“We’ll see,” she says with a wink and walks away.
Watching her walk away was hard. I knew I needed to put the ball in her court so to speak. Grabbing the napkin from under my plate I scrawled a reminder and without thinking I handed it to Brenna on my way out.
“Make sure she gets this, okay. Thanks Brenna,” I say, heading out the door.
I didn’t need to drown myself in the shit in LA, I could just let it go. So, that’s just what I did, I called Mom back and checked up on her, she’s doing well.
“Hey, Mom, how is it going back in LA?” I asked just as she answered the phone.
“Oh, Kel, you know I hate this place. It’s just too much everyone is always rushing and I swear, son, these people here just hate life.” My mom has hated LA since I brought her there to live.
“Mom, you should have come with me here you would love it. This place is beautiful and calm, it’s just the opposite of LA,” I said with a laugh.
After finishing the phone call with Mom and convincing her for the millionth time I am okay. That whatever happens to Dani and Lance, well frankly fuck them, that is their business.
As my day went on and I finished work on the computer, I couldn’t stop thinking about her. The way she looked in the kitchen when she thought nobody saw her. I loved to watch her in the morning, I would get the same booth every time just so I could see her face and watch her.
I know that makes me sound like a punk or even a bit creepy, but this girl is different. I couldn’t just go up to her and use my normal playboy charm, she would see through it and then she would be gone. I would lose her even before I knew her, so I did recon as I like to think of it. I watched and her friend helped me gather information that way I couldn’t fail.
After dinner I went to the beach for another run and sitting in the sand looking a million miles away was the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen. The wind off the water was blowing her hair around her face and I saw her eyes were even more blue than they were before. The next thing I knew I was over there, all thoughts of taking it slow, easing her