By the Light of the Silvery Moon
“He still smelled the ocean air on his skin. He still, too, felt the anxiety of Amelia’s presence on his soul. Anxiety because he knew that as much as he longed to grow close to her, that would be the worst thing possible for Amelia. What his heart longed for would ruin her, yet how could he stop his feelings? He didn’t know anyone like her, and that made the running away even harder.
His eyes closed as the swell of a memory rose. The day he’d walked out of his father’s home. It had been easy to... run at first, to get caught up in the women, the parties, the drinking. The problem was, he’d poured himself into the very thing that had taken away his mother—wanting attention and doing whatever he could to receive it, including putting himself in danger. He’d done that as a boy at the end of that dock. He’d done that as a young man, wasting money on his friends, on women, on luxuries instead of investing it where it mattered.
Things had been good in their home growing up until his father had made all the right deals at the right times.MoreLess
His eyes closed as the swell of a memory rose. The day he’d walked out of his father’s home. It had been easy to... run at first, to get caught up in the women, the parties, the drinking. The problem was, he’d poured himself into the very thing that had taken away his mother—wanting attention and doing whatever he could to receive it, including putting himself in danger. He’d done that as a boy at the end of that dock. He’d done that as a young man, wasting money on his friends, on women, on luxuries instead of investing it where it mattered.
Things had been good in their home growing up until his father had made all the right deals at the right times.MoreLess
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