Love Redone in Hidden Harbor (Island County Book 2) by Karice Bolton Page B
Authors: Karice Bolton
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can tell you as a guy, I wouldn’t want to hear my college girlfriend tell me I can’t move with him because of some other guy.”
“But the thing is I don’t remember saying that.”
“Well, I doubt he made it up.”
“Doesn’t matter anyway,” I mused. “He thinks I’ve had feelings for you or always had feelings for you.”
“That might explain why he never reached out.”
“But does it though? Shouldn’t he fight for what he wanted?”
“Only in the books you read,” Nick cracked himself up and I ribbed his side.
“Happy endings do happen in real life,” I protested.
Nick started laughing harder.
“Yes, happy endings do happen in real life, but happily-ever-afters are harder to come by.”
“You are such a guy,” I groaned and swatted him with a napkin. “Not everything is a sexual innuendo.”
“But the potential always exists. Do you think I should call Cole and let him know there’s never been anything?”
“I think that’s an absolutely horrible idea. I doubt he’d be thrilled that I’m busy reporting back to you much of anything. And what’s done is done. It’s not like we can turn back time.”
Nick looked distressed. “I think that saying that there are two sides to every story couldn’t be truer. What other sayings can we apply here.”
“And you don’t even know the half of it.” I glanced at the clock, feeling so much better that Nick really wasn’t ever into me. “I should go home and get ready. But don’t give this too much thought. He’s got a life he’s happy with and so do I. They don’t need to merge, and I doubt they ever will.”
“Wow. All that happened in the last week?” Brandy asked, glancing at Tori.
“Indeed, it did,” she answered.
The sound of bowling pins colliding echoed into the air, and I stood up to roll a strike. Actually, I was more of a one-pin-down kind of girl, but I could dream big.
“Make it count,” Aaron hollered from the bench. I curtsied and made my way toward the balls.
I’d only met Brandy and Aaron a couple of times. Brandy was best friends with Lily and Gabby. Lily’s husband was Ayden who happened to be Mason’s twin brother, and Gabby recently married Jason, who is best friends with Aaron, who just so happens to be Gabby’s brother. The first time I learned of all the connections from Tori, I thought my head was going to explode, but I was also secretly disappointed there weren’t any single men left.
I picked up my glittery gold ball and slipped my fingers into the holes, praying I wouldn’t catch anything. Holding the ball up to my chin, I took in a deep breath and walked steadily to the lane and released the ball from my fingertips. I watched it spin toward the gutter and a wave of groans erupted around me.
“It slipped. The ball slipped from my fingers,” I told them, spinning around to see Sophie laughing uncontrollably.
“You can only use that excuse twice at the most,” she teased, picking up her purple wonder ball. “And I think you’ve said that at least three times.”
“At least I have an excuse.”
Nick caught my glance, and his grin widened as Mason took a seat in between him and Aaron. This right here made my life amazing. I didn’t need a guy to make me happy or miserable.
So why did Cole always seep into my mind? It had been a week since I’d last seen or heard from him. He made no promises and neither did I when he left that day. Yet, I continued to search for something that didn’t exist between us, and I had no idea when I’d finally wrap my head around that.
“I’m gonna get another beer? Anyone want anything?” I asked, needing to escape from my own thoughts.
“I’ll take another,” Tori said, holding her empty bottle shaped as a bowling pin. There was something delightfully tacky about indulging here, and I needed to focus on the here and now, not the imaginary Cole Hill.
“I’ll take something too. Surprise me,” Nick shouted. I was secretly
“But the thing is I don’t remember saying that.”
“Well, I doubt he made it up.”
“Doesn’t matter anyway,” I mused. “He thinks I’ve had feelings for you or always had feelings for you.”
“That might explain why he never reached out.”
“But does it though? Shouldn’t he fight for what he wanted?”
“Only in the books you read,” Nick cracked himself up and I ribbed his side.
“Happy endings do happen in real life,” I protested.
Nick started laughing harder.
“Yes, happy endings do happen in real life, but happily-ever-afters are harder to come by.”
“You are such a guy,” I groaned and swatted him with a napkin. “Not everything is a sexual innuendo.”
“But the potential always exists. Do you think I should call Cole and let him know there’s never been anything?”
“I think that’s an absolutely horrible idea. I doubt he’d be thrilled that I’m busy reporting back to you much of anything. And what’s done is done. It’s not like we can turn back time.”
Nick looked distressed. “I think that saying that there are two sides to every story couldn’t be truer. What other sayings can we apply here.”
“And you don’t even know the half of it.” I glanced at the clock, feeling so much better that Nick really wasn’t ever into me. “I should go home and get ready. But don’t give this too much thought. He’s got a life he’s happy with and so do I. They don’t need to merge, and I doubt they ever will.”
“Wow. All that happened in the last week?” Brandy asked, glancing at Tori.
“Indeed, it did,” she answered.
The sound of bowling pins colliding echoed into the air, and I stood up to roll a strike. Actually, I was more of a one-pin-down kind of girl, but I could dream big.
“Make it count,” Aaron hollered from the bench. I curtsied and made my way toward the balls.
I’d only met Brandy and Aaron a couple of times. Brandy was best friends with Lily and Gabby. Lily’s husband was Ayden who happened to be Mason’s twin brother, and Gabby recently married Jason, who is best friends with Aaron, who just so happens to be Gabby’s brother. The first time I learned of all the connections from Tori, I thought my head was going to explode, but I was also secretly disappointed there weren’t any single men left.
I picked up my glittery gold ball and slipped my fingers into the holes, praying I wouldn’t catch anything. Holding the ball up to my chin, I took in a deep breath and walked steadily to the lane and released the ball from my fingertips. I watched it spin toward the gutter and a wave of groans erupted around me.
“It slipped. The ball slipped from my fingers,” I told them, spinning around to see Sophie laughing uncontrollably.
“You can only use that excuse twice at the most,” she teased, picking up her purple wonder ball. “And I think you’ve said that at least three times.”
“At least I have an excuse.”
Nick caught my glance, and his grin widened as Mason took a seat in between him and Aaron. This right here made my life amazing. I didn’t need a guy to make me happy or miserable.
So why did Cole always seep into my mind? It had been a week since I’d last seen or heard from him. He made no promises and neither did I when he left that day. Yet, I continued to search for something that didn’t exist between us, and I had no idea when I’d finally wrap my head around that.
“I’m gonna get another beer? Anyone want anything?” I asked, needing to escape from my own thoughts.
“I’ll take another,” Tori said, holding her empty bottle shaped as a bowling pin. There was something delightfully tacky about indulging here, and I needed to focus on the here and now, not the imaginary Cole Hill.
“I’ll take something too. Surprise me,” Nick shouted. I was secretly
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