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“I would. I see it. I seeyou.”
I take a deep breath, unable to look away from his gorgeous dark eyes.
“If you break your promise and go away,” I whisper, half-afraid to admit this out loud, “it will really hurt me.”
He cups my face, and I hold on to his waist.
“I’m not going anywhere, baby. You can count on it.”
February 14,2008
Dear Diary,
Sarah’s gone. That asshole that decided to sweep her off of her feet succeeded and talked her into moving to his place in California. They already got married. She only knew him for a month. I mean, I get that she was sad after Tanner broke up with her, but she jumped at the first opportunity that came her way. I want to run after her and talk some sense into her, but Grandma says that we should wait it out. That it won’t last long, and Sarah will come back home.
I hope she’s right. She’s been gone for a couple of weeks now, and there’s been no word from her, even though she promised to call every day. No call, no letter, nothing.
Even her brother, Scott, hasn’t heard from her, and that’s not like her at all. She’s such a mother hen when it comes to her brother. I’m telling you something isn’t right.
I feel so helpless!
XO,
June
ChapterTen
Apollo
“Okay, that’s enough of the mushy stuff.” June pushes away from me and pulls the trucker cap she always wears off her head, shakes out her red curls, and then secures them once more under the hat. “I have work to do.”
“I’m here to help.”
She narrows her eyes at me, and I just smile at her. “Don’t let that beautiful talk we just had go down the drain, Juniper.”
“Fine.” She blows out a breath and props her hands on her hips as she surveys the space. “What doyouneed to do in here to get ready for the electrical work?”
“Well, I’d like to get down into that basement so I can see just how easy it’s going to be to run the wires under the house and if it’s worth it for you to finish the space and make it livable. If it is, and that’s something you want to do, my plan might change a bit.”
“Okay, down we go.”
“You don’t have to go down with me. You can do whatever you need to do up here.”
“No, I’m curious to hear what you think, so let’s do it. Besides, I don’t really like going down there alone, so this works.”
I grin down at her and brush my fingers over her cheek. Christ, I can’t stop touching her. “Are you afraid, Juniper?”
“Pssh. No. I’m notscaredof the basement. I just don’t like it.”
“Right.” I chuckle as she saunters past me to open the door that takes us through the existing office that she plans to convert to the mudroom, which I really think is a good idea, and to a set of steep stairs that lead down to the basement. “Is the water table high in this neighborhood? You might get flooding once in a while.”
“I don’t think so,” she says, shaking her head as she heads down the stairs. “I didn’t see any evidence of water down here before, and it doesn’t smell mildewy, you know?”
She’s right. It doesn’t smell like there’s been water down here, which is a good thing.
It’s a regular, unfinished basement with a cement floor and stud-exposed walls. A bare bulb hangs in the middle of the room, and strategically placed pillars hold up the floor above.
“If you decide to use this as living space, it would need some work.” Propping my hands on my hips, I glance over at June, who has wandered over to a bookcase on the far right wall. “What’s wrong?”
