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“No, I’m going to call Taylor. To watch you. I need to talk to Lana.”
I laid Hudson back down, pressing a quick kiss to his forehead, then raced out of the room.
I hoped Lana would hear me out and maybe—just maybe—take me back.
* * *
Taylor came overand I drove to Lana’s, cutting the lights and parking on the street. The last thing I wanted was Violet getting more involved in this. I skulked around the edge of the yard, towards the right side of the house. If memory served me, that was the side Lana’s bedroom was on.
Creeping across the dewy grass, I glanced around, praying the neighbors weren’t watching. I didn’t need 911 being called on me; wouldn’t look too good for the new divorce attorney in town.
“Lana!” I called, my voice a loud whisper. I flicked a pebble at her window and it made a lightplinkingsound as it bounced off the glass. “Lana!” Another pebble, anotherplink.I tossed two more pebbles, then a shadow moved across the room.
God, I really hoped this was her room.
“Grant?” Bethany slid the window open, peering at me through the screen.
Shit. Wrong room.
“Uh, yeah. Sorry, I’m looking for Lana. I thought this was her room.”
“It is. Violet’s in my bed, though, so I’m sleeping in Lana’s room. She’s not here.”
“Oh,” I said, my heart sinking. “Do you know where she is?”
“She wasn’t here when we got home. I thought she was with you.”
“No,” I said, shaking my head. A cold slither of anxiety writhed through my gut.Where was she? And was she okay?
“I’m sure she’s fine, Grant,” Bethany said, as if reading my mind. “We’re in Starlight Bay, not Boston. She doesn’t have the car, so she can’t have gone too far. Check the beach.”
“Right. Should you call her?” I asked, frowning.
“Her phone’s here, I checked. If you don’t find her on the beach, come back and I’ll worry then.” With that, Bethany slid the window back down and waved me off.
Well, okay then.I turned on my heel and jogged towards the beach.
* * *
Five minuteslater I stood on the wooden boardwalk, peering down the deserted beach. Moonlight lit up the white sand, creating an eerie glow. Cool under other circumstances, but not so much in my current state. I scanned the water for a lone swimmer, but saw no one. I did a slow one-eighty and caught sight of a small figure off in the distance.
Lana.
It had to be her. I was entirely too far away to be sure, but my gut screamed ‘yes.’
I ran in the direction of the person, breathing hard, kicking sand up behind me. Finally, I was close.
“Lana!” I called, my voice swallowed up by the wind. “Lana!”
The person turned and my heart seized. It was definitely Lana, wearing a t-shirt and shorts, looking sexy as hell.
“Grant?” She squinted her eyes, trying to make me out.
“Yes. It’s me.” I closed the gap between us, my chest tight from both the running and the anxiety.
I took a deep breath, paused. Now that I’d found her, I was at a loss for words.Come on, Grant. Say what you need to say.
“Lana, I’m really sorry. I should have listened to you earlier today.” I paused, took a shaky breath, my neck and shoulders stiff with tension. “You were right. It’s not my place to tell you what you need. That’s your decision to make and I shouldn’t have presumed to know your heart and mind more than you do. I’m sorry.”
