Finding Peace (Finding Series Book 1) Read Online Free Page A
Author: K. J. Love
awake.”
Trying to catch her breath, Tessa says “Good, because I did that on purpose. I have the best news ever! I’m so excited! This is exactly what you need. You may now start thanking me and letting me know how grateful you are that I’m the most wonderful and best, best friend in the world to have come up with this amazing idea.”
“Tessa, what are you rambling on about? Just spit it out.”
“Well, you know my mother lives in Southern Pines and I’ve decided that you and I should go visit her during our Spring Break. It’s just what you need. You will be able to get away from loser boy and get your head on straight. It will also give me time to convince you to dump this guy and get on with your life.”
Southern Pines is a golf resort community two hours away from us. It’s beautiful and the golf courses are unbelievable. I don’t know that much about golf, but I can appreciate a beautiful course.
Going there would mean I would be able to leave and not worry about David bugging me because he definitely won’t drive that far. He has to work and, even if he tried, he wouldn’t know where to go.
Tessa’s parents divorced when she was eight. Unlike the two sides of my family, they still have a friendly relationship with each other. Even their new spouses get along. I don’t know if it took years for them to achieve this, but it makes it so much easier on Tessa.
Can I go? Should I go? I need this. This is what I’ve been wanting. It will be a week with nothing to stress about and girl time with my best friend. Laughing and being happy again. At the thought, I feel a real genuine smile spread across my face. Looking over at Tessa, she has a huge smile on her face too, purposely showing her perfectly straight white teeth.
“Kayla Jameson! Is that a smile, an honest to God smile, I see on your face?”
This makes me smile even bigger. We start bouncing up and down on the bed in a giggly girl fit and what fit would be complete without laying on our backs and kicking our legs in the air rapidly. Yes, we have lost our minds.
“Okay. We have a lot to do. I promised Lisa and Dad that we would pack as much as we can between now and the time we leave for Mom’s. Which means you won’t have time to see David and I won’t see Asher much. Asher will be understanding, even he wants you to dump David. You, on the other hand, are going to have to break all of this to pot head because he can’t come over here acting like an idiot.”
And now the dread sets in. My excitement wanes a little with impending conversation that will ultimately lead to David being a little more than upset. I can and will do this.
“Well, we better get to work.”
It’s not until now that I notice all of the boxes spread around the room. Tessa is already assembling the boxes and going through clothes. My heart is filled with love for these beautiful people who have come into my life. I could never thank them enough.
“Tessa?”
“Hmm?” She doesn’t look up at me, but just keeps working.
“Thank you. I mean, thank you for everything. For always being there for me.”
She stops and turns to face me and wraps me in her arms. “You are welcome, girl. You know I love you. Now stop with the mushy shit and get your butt to work.” She slaps me on the shoulder and gets right back to packing. I laugh to myself and begin to assemble my own boxes.
Tessa and I worked and played around all day. Minus the food and dance breaks. I haven’t felt this free and happy in a long time. It won’t be long till David will be here to check why I haven’t called him.
Lisa and Troy have been gone all day and the phone is downstairs, so if it did ring, Tessa and I haven’t heard it. Unlike me, Tessa stopped to call Asher a couple of times to let him know we would be busy all day.
Chapter 3
Kayla
Tessa and I stayed busy all week. We went to school and came home and worked on packing and repeated the same thing the next day. I
Trying to catch her breath, Tessa says “Good, because I did that on purpose. I have the best news ever! I’m so excited! This is exactly what you need. You may now start thanking me and letting me know how grateful you are that I’m the most wonderful and best, best friend in the world to have come up with this amazing idea.”
“Tessa, what are you rambling on about? Just spit it out.”
“Well, you know my mother lives in Southern Pines and I’ve decided that you and I should go visit her during our Spring Break. It’s just what you need. You will be able to get away from loser boy and get your head on straight. It will also give me time to convince you to dump this guy and get on with your life.”
Southern Pines is a golf resort community two hours away from us. It’s beautiful and the golf courses are unbelievable. I don’t know that much about golf, but I can appreciate a beautiful course.
Going there would mean I would be able to leave and not worry about David bugging me because he definitely won’t drive that far. He has to work and, even if he tried, he wouldn’t know where to go.
Tessa’s parents divorced when she was eight. Unlike the two sides of my family, they still have a friendly relationship with each other. Even their new spouses get along. I don’t know if it took years for them to achieve this, but it makes it so much easier on Tessa.
Can I go? Should I go? I need this. This is what I’ve been wanting. It will be a week with nothing to stress about and girl time with my best friend. Laughing and being happy again. At the thought, I feel a real genuine smile spread across my face. Looking over at Tessa, she has a huge smile on her face too, purposely showing her perfectly straight white teeth.
“Kayla Jameson! Is that a smile, an honest to God smile, I see on your face?”
This makes me smile even bigger. We start bouncing up and down on the bed in a giggly girl fit and what fit would be complete without laying on our backs and kicking our legs in the air rapidly. Yes, we have lost our minds.
“Okay. We have a lot to do. I promised Lisa and Dad that we would pack as much as we can between now and the time we leave for Mom’s. Which means you won’t have time to see David and I won’t see Asher much. Asher will be understanding, even he wants you to dump David. You, on the other hand, are going to have to break all of this to pot head because he can’t come over here acting like an idiot.”
And now the dread sets in. My excitement wanes a little with impending conversation that will ultimately lead to David being a little more than upset. I can and will do this.
“Well, we better get to work.”
It’s not until now that I notice all of the boxes spread around the room. Tessa is already assembling the boxes and going through clothes. My heart is filled with love for these beautiful people who have come into my life. I could never thank them enough.
“Tessa?”
“Hmm?” She doesn’t look up at me, but just keeps working.
“Thank you. I mean, thank you for everything. For always being there for me.”
She stops and turns to face me and wraps me in her arms. “You are welcome, girl. You know I love you. Now stop with the mushy shit and get your butt to work.” She slaps me on the shoulder and gets right back to packing. I laugh to myself and begin to assemble my own boxes.
Tessa and I worked and played around all day. Minus the food and dance breaks. I haven’t felt this free and happy in a long time. It won’t be long till David will be here to check why I haven’t called him.
Lisa and Troy have been gone all day and the phone is downstairs, so if it did ring, Tessa and I haven’t heard it. Unlike me, Tessa stopped to call Asher a couple of times to let him know we would be busy all day.
Chapter 3
Kayla
Tessa and I stayed busy all week. We went to school and came home and worked on packing and repeated the same thing the next day. I
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