Wanted by Her Lost Love

would have a comfortable seat, he helped her downand then began unpacking the picnic basketprepared by the restaurant.He settled beside her and they began to eat.Kelly stared out over the water as she munchedon one of the tasty little confections whose nameescaped her. It had cheese and shrimp. She wasn’tsure of the other ingredients, but it was good andshe was starving.The sky had started to soften. Wispy pasteltendrils flirted across the horizon as the sun sanklower. She closed her eyes and allowed the breezeto soothe her fried nerves.She’d expended more emotional energy over thepast months than she had in a lifetime. She wantedto exist free of distress. Just for a little while. Shewanted to forget the nights she’d been unable tosleep for crying or the nights she’d lain awakehurting so much that she’d wondered if it would everstop.Here she just wanted to be. Here she could atleast pretend that the past six months hadn’thappened. This could very well have been herhoneymoon. A romantic island getaway.