“Get it collectively, lady,” she advised herself as she glanced on the clock. She needed to catch the 7:00 p.m. ferry. If she waited, Mike would cease her from catching the later one.

She rubbed her eyes together with her sleeve, switched the automobile on and drove away from the little cottage the place she and Mike had spent so many blissful, passionate hours.

The thought that she would by no means be with him once more nearly made her skip the flip for the touchdown and hold going as much as city, simply so she may see him yet one more time.

She knew higher, although. So she turned.

The touchdown was truly fairly crowded, as plenty of folks have been coming over from the mainland for the weekend. Few, nonetheless, have been taking the return journey. The truth is, hers was the one automobile loaded on by the crew.

The captain, who she’d met on her earlier journeys, supplied her a giant smile and mentioned, “Come on aboard, miss! Gonna have the entire lounge to your self tonight.”

The lounge consisted of a dingy cabin with a couple of bench seats and a few merchandising machines. She’d fairly take her possibilities on deck, even when there was no good-looking, charming man to persuade her to not bounce overboard if she acquired too seasick this time.

Strolling up on deck, she watched because the crew completed readying to sail. Nightfall was approaching, the late spring day coming to an in depth. Nevertheless it was nonetheless gentle sufficient to simply see the shoreline, and she or he may visualize the lovable little city past it.

There wasn’t a lot wind tonight, and only a gentle chop. She hoped that meant she wouldn’t be sick over the facet, however wasn’t ruling something out.

“Off we go!” cried the captain to his crew, and she or he gripped the railing, saying her goodbyes because the engines roared to life.

However earlier than they slipped out of the dock, she spied a automobile approaching the touchdown. It sped throughout the parking zone, spewing gravel, flashing its lights.

Not simply its headlights, however its police gentle, as nicely.

A couple of loud blurps accompanied it.

“Oh, God,” she whispered, figuring out it was Mike.

He’d gotten her be aware too quickly and was coming to…what? To ask her to remain? How may she keep when she was so misplaced right here, when her profession was such a holy scandal?

Moreover, she didn’t need to reside on Wild Boar Island. She had no likelihood of a profession right here. And whereas the folks have been good sufficient, and she or he’d love to go to once more, she hated residing like a butterfly in a field.

Mike was constructing a brand new life right here; he had a job that was protected and regular, the place he may actually work towards a future. There was no room for her in that life, or that future. God, why couldn’t he have simply let her go?

“Appears there could be an issue,” the captain mentioned, calling down from the higher deck. “We’ll must delay for a couple of minutes.”

“Oh, please don’t,” she mentioned, questioning if he may see the tears monitoring down her cheeks. She simply didn’t have the power to say goodbye to Mike’s face.

“Sorry, miss. That’s Chief Santori. Gotta discover out what he needs.”

It was hopeless, so she stayed nonetheless, watching as Mike pulled as much as the very fringe of the dock. The ferry gate was up, blocking his passage, however Mike rolled the window down and yelled as much as the captain. “Sorry to be late, however I actually need to get on board.”

“Is it an emergency?”

He seemed away from the captain, watching her by way of the windshield. Lastly, he yelled again, “It’s to me.”

“That’ll do, then,” the captain mentioned. He glanced again towards her, and Lindsey figured he’d observed the comings and goings of her and the chief. They may have fooled some folks by pretending to journey aside, however the captain needed to have observed that at any time when one among them went throughout on the ferry, the opposite one did, too.

Lindsey wrapped her arms round herself, making an attempt to keep up her calm because the captain lowered the gate and despatched one of many crew members over to drive the SUV on board. As quickly as he relinquished the wheel, Mike strode up the gangplank, heading straight for her. He was so good-looking, his hair windblown, his robust physique wanting wonderful in smooth, loose-fitting denims and a darkish T-shirt. The person was much more scrumptious out of uniform. In fact, he was most scrumptious out of garments altogether.

Cease it. Don’t take into consideration him that manner.

His steps slowed as he drew nearer.

“Mike, what are you doing right here?”

“Oh, Lindsey, wow, fancy working into you right here. Did you keep in mind to take your Dramamine?”

“Why did you observe me?”

“What makes you assume I adopted you?” he requested with a shrug so nonchalant she nearly needed to smack him. How he may very well be so calm and informal when she was a churning mass of ugly emotion?

“I’ll ask you once more. What are you doing right here?”

“Why do you care?” he requested, his voice lastly revealing one thing apart from that compelled good humor. She heard anger there, and maybe damage.

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