The younger woman looked on the verge of tears, but Roxanne didn’t care. And you told me in a letter! Do you realize how childish that it? It was better to mask her hurt with anger. She ran her hands through her hair, fisted them tight against her head, and squeezed.
I can’t believe you’re doing this to me now. When she turned to face Cherie, her heart was full of mixed emotions, and she held the letter up in her fingers for the other woman to see. The ill feeling she’d first felt when she’d read the note resurfaced, and she swallowed down the bile that rose in her throat.
Roxanne gripped the letter tight in her hand as she removed her jacket and hung it on the coat rack in the corner. She scowled as she pulled open her office door to find Cherie waiting on the small sofa, dressed in her stage clothes, smoking a cigarette. She stood outside the room and pulled the handwritten letter from her jacket pocket so she could read the lines one last time.
She took a moment to nod at Lana, the bartender, and then made her way to her dimly lit office. Inside she undid the buttons of her jacket as she walked through the crowd. Roxanne loosened the scarf around her neck as Harland, her bouncer of more than fifteen years, opened the door so she could enter the warmth of the club. The neon lights of the Aqua Luna sign glowed bright against the dark November sky. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. All names, characters, and places are fictitious. No part of this book may be used or reproduced electronically or in print without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in reviews. WARNING: The unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal. But can Maddie throw her hangups to the wind and go with her heart? The magic of Bella Key teaches her that passion cannot be placed neatly into boxes labeled right and wrong, because love knows no boundaries.Published by Evernight Publishing ® at Smashwords The arrival of a fierce storm forces the women’s emotional journey to a head and leads them into each other’s arms. Still reeling from a breakup with her longtime partner, Sunny is thankful for the diversion from her own broken heart. She almost gives up on weekend retreat when the Bed & Breakfast is closed for repairs until Sunny Rojas, the inn owner, extends an offer of friendship, sweet tea and a room. In need of an escape, Maddie flees to Key West’s most southern island, Bella Key, to rest and recharge at Casa Bonita. Not even a marriage proposal from a man who adores her can quell her search for something more. Professionally, she’s confident and secure personally, she’s a hot mess.
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