Finding Summerland - Excerpt 10

Finding Summerland

**EXCERPT 10
In this excerpt Wesley has awoken to an empty house. No note or explanation from Olivia. He is lost and confused as he tries to understand what has happened to her. To read earlier excepts....search the tag #SampleSunday.

Taken from Chapter 25 - Bare

After sulking, and feeling sorry for myself, I headed back to our spot. Sitting down on a pile of wet sand I scooped up the dress. It smelled sweet, like the perfume Katie had doused her with earlier, and the scent of her hair. I pressed it closer, breathing it in....picturing her face. Everything had been so perfect just hours ago. Here I was again. Lost and hopeless.

I held the dress in my arms, as I curled up on the earth and cried. My tears falling to a deaf world. Feeling oblivious. I should be full of rage. Angry at the one who took her. Angry at my complete failure. Angry at anything. That’s how I handled things. It was what I knew.

But I wasn’t.

I felt nothing. Like I could stay here until I disappeared. Just never get up. Become invisible. My mind wandered a million different directions as I tried to get a grasp on what was happening. Should I go to Ever’s? I knew I needed to tell her, but didn’t find any comfort in repeating what Katie had told me. It wouldn’t bring her back.

A shooting star streaked across the horizon and I remembered how much Olivia loved watching the sky. The first night we met, we counted the stars for hours, creating our own patterns and naming them silly things. I wondered if she could see it from where she was now. If we were looking towards the same sky.

I wanted it to be a bad dream.

Closing my eyes as tight as I could, I tried to find her. If I could just concentrate harder, I might be able to reach her. The harder I tried to relax, the more sick I felt. My head was spinning in a centrifuged swirl. Focusing all my energy on images stored forever in my heart. Pieces of Olivia borrowed, or left behind.

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Hello 2013...BiZzEe Year!

Haven't blogged in forever....not enough to say, too much to say...who knows. I'll do my best to catch ya up in a nutshell....
         
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• Brand Spankin Spiffy New Job
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• Finishing Book 2~~~'LivEternal'
• 2 Nieces havin babies
• Contributing Author on a Project I'll announce Soon
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Keeping my modeling life and my bookie life separate   has been exhausting....so I am finally merging the two. I started on the Facebook and now here....before you know it, I'll have a pic, not an avatar! Oh my...I'm learning slowly. Trying to evolve....breathe...exist. I feel like this is a year of metamorphosis for me...time to Grow, and shed some Fear. I'm ready to open up a bit more...bare my soul and Be Bold :)

So that is a quickie update on some of my world. This journey so far has been so Amazing! My friends are the Bestest....the support and encouragement I've gotten from ALL of you from various sites is Mind Blowing. I am eternally blessed to have so many loving people stumble on me some how....So thank you all!!! Hope everyone is having a Fantastic 2013 so far. It's only just begun....the best is yet to come!

FYI........Tons of New Excerpts and 'Sneak Peeks' of my Newest Book.....hoping to be released soon....on my Facebook Pages  
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Finding Summerland - Excerpt 9

Finding Summerland

**EXCERPT 9

In this excerpt Wesley and Olivia have just left Everleigh and Mateo...they are relishing their alone time and Wesley is processing Mateo's relationship with Olivia. To read earlier excepts....search the tag #SampleSunday.

Taken from Chapter 9- Beautiful Disaster

The sun was just starting to set over the water. The horizon looked like a watercolor sherbert; pink and orange swirling together, changing with every glance. People were filing to their cars, returning to wherever they had come from. We stopped to take it all in...Olivia, turning her face towards the sleeping sun. It illuminated her cheeks, casting a soft glow on her dark hair.

She seemed to marvel in the wonder of it. Like a small child, she was enamored with the mysteries surrounding us. Details that most of us take for granted were not lost on her. Experiencing anything with Liv, seemed like experiencing it for the first time.As the sun disappeared into the surf, I couldn’t stop staring. Her beauty eclipsed even the most picturesque scene. I grabbed her softly and pulled her closer. Kissing her forehead and holding her for a minute…wishing this moment could last forever.

When we made it to the house it was getting dark. I was starting to feel rushed as I realized our time was dwindling. I lit a few candles, hoping to relax.

“Don’t leave me tonight,” I blurted out like an idiot. I hadn’t really thought it through.

She looked at me and before she could turn me down—I quickly retreated, “I’m sorry. That didn’t come out right.”

She probably thought I was just another guy trying to get her into bed. Stupid, stupid, stupid. What was wrong with me? I thought, frustrated by my own idiocracy.

“I was hoping you would say that.”

I was stunned. “You were? Really?” I stuttered like an imbecile.

“I’ve waited a long time to find you too.”

My heart was leaping cartwheels around inside my chest. The thought of waking up with Liv was better than anything I could even try imagining.

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Finding Summerland - Excerpt 8

Finding Summerland    

 

 **EXCERPT 8

In this excerpt Wesley sees Olivia again. It is there first encounter since meeting, and he begins to realize how connected he feels to her.........he just doesn't know why yet. To read earlier excepts....search the tag #SampleSunday.

Taken from Chapter 7- Surrender

She was a sight, standing there. I was speechless. I had never  seen her without wet hair and both times she had been swallowed up in over sized clothes. I couldn’t take my eyes off her. It dawned on me what she might look like if she were actually trying.

“Wesley…everything alright?”

“You look beautiful,” I stuttered back. Her disposition changed, and she smiled shyly.

“Ohh.”

“I made some hot water. Would you like some tea?” I offered awkwardly. Trying to recover.

“I don’t think I’ve ever tried tea. Do you like it?”

“It’s good for warming up, otherwise no, I can’t really say I’m a tea guy,” I told her honestly, laughing a little because I was still so nervous.

“Perfect.”

I poured a mug and stirred in a big teaspoon of sugar. I handed it to her and we headed to the living room. Once she had gotten settled in she took a sip.

“Mmm, you’re right Wesley. It is warm.”

I loved the way she said my name. Usually only teachers and my Mother called me by my full name, which meant I was in trouble. The kids in school all knew to call me Wes. But coming from her lips it sounded perfect.

“Are you hungry or anything?” Not sure what should happen next. There were so many things I wanted to ask. I just wanted to know her.

“I ate earlier.”

“Me too. I was trying to keep myself busy,” I admitted; saying too much accidentally.

“Busy from what?” she seemed interested enough to make me feel a little better about the blunder.

“You wanna know the truth?”

“What else is there?” she looked perplexed. She had such a different way of looking at the world. Like she hadn’t been corrupted or damaged like the rest of us.

“I’ve been thinking about you practically non stop since we met last night. It’s been driving me crazy waiting to see you again.” I was surprised how good it felt to say it out loud.

She smiled a little but didn’t respond. It was like she was torn about it. Or about me. She was giving me mixed signals.

“I couldn’t wait to see you either,” she said finally, seeming almost sad.

What could possibly be wrong…why did she seem so torn? I thought to myself. I hoped she wasn’t engaged or promised for an arranged marriage or something. We were obviously from two different worlds.

“Olivia, what’s wrong?” I feared what she may say, but was dying to hear it anyway.

“Nothing’s wrong....” she was careful choosing her next words, “I don’t know how to describe it. Everything is right for the first time and I don’t understand it. Why now?”

Her face was conflicted. Maybe she was more like me than I thought. Something was definitely happening between us. I’d never felt this way about anyone, or anything before.

“I don’t know what’s happening either, but I trust it,” I said with absolute conviction.

I took her hand, holding it for the first time with meaning. We stopped talking and she left her hand in mine. It felt like it was meant to be there. A perfect fit. I didn’t feel like I needed anything. Just me and her, right here, right now was enough.

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