Jace:
The morning sun sat low over Calusa Cove as I watched Bubblegum disappear around the corner. I stood there a second longer than I probably should have. Smiling like an i***t. She'd smiled back. Not forced. Not polite. Real. I laughed under my breath. "Well..." I rubbed the back of my neck. "That definitely happened." I slipped my car back into gear and started toward Riverside. The roads were still quiet after last night's storm. Palm fronds littered the shoulders. Puddles reflected the pale orange sunrise. Everything looked freshly washed. My head… Not so much.
I had spent the night with Calla. Calla. Camden's little sister. The girl I'd watched grow from a scrappy twelve-year-old who refused to wear a helmet on her bicycle into the strongest woman I'd ever met. Jesus. My stomach
