CHAPTER 2
JOSIE
It’s freezing cold and the island is almost deserted, but I’m still glad I’m here instead of being at home and preparing for yet another Christmas dinner with my family. My family is generally nice, but when you’re thirty and you still live on your own and you spend more time walking your dog and curling up with romance novels than going out and finding a ‘partner’, their looks and questions do get annoying.
So, this year, I decided to do my own thing and booked an apartment on Schiermonnikoog for the holiday. This way I can spend a whole week doing what I love most, walking the beaches and forests with my dog Bente and then curl up under a pile of blankets and read romance novels on my ereader. To me, this is almost as perfect as perfection can get, especially in the wi
