I didn"t expect Derek, at the last minute, to change his mind about accompanying me to Sea Scope. He was actually pleased that Carolyn was taking his place.
“You two girls will have a great time cavorting around Cape Bretton. Maybe you"ll both pick up Southern guys,” he teased.
I didn"t find his comment funny. “I"m only going because Aunt Julie invited me. The place doesn"t hold the fondest memories.”
He looked up from his coffee cup as we sat at the kitchen table. “I think it"s time you exorcised those demons, Sarah.”
I didn"t honor that with a reply.
“Does your mother know you"re going?”
That was a difficult question. I had intentionally avoided calling her since I received the invitation. I had an aversion to lying, and yet my mother wouldn"t take the news well. I couldn"t risk he
