The Promise He Made
I' ll be back in an hour. I promise. Serena Matlock remembered Cole's exact words as she stood at the front window of the Cosmic Bean and watched the silver BMW stop a block down.
It hadn't been an hour. It had been thirteen years. Thirteen years, a baby, a divorce, a college degree and a new business since Cole St. Germaine had said that to her on the night of their high-school graduation. But more than the words she remembered the heartbreak.
She watched Cole get out of his vehicle and climb the steps of the Purple Jeep Touring Company, his once boyish face now that of a man—a man who still carried himself with confidence, even though in high school that confidence had stemmed from a humon-gous chip on his shoulder.
He'd filled out over the years, and his dusty-blond hair seemed even thicker than the last time she'd seen him—at the jail when she'd told him goodbye. Her throat closed and she swallowed. Cole St. Germaine was back.
She shut her eyes. Damn you, Cole. Why did you screw everything up? Why did you have to come back?
Serena swung around to face her friend Natalia, who sat in one of the easy chairs a few feet from the café wi ... read full excerpt from: The Promise He Made ebook
