That Carolina Summer (North Carolina) (1981)
“Diving from overhead, a screeching gull swooped, close to shore. Annette slowed out of her jogging trot into a walk, stretching her legs now and then so the muscles wouldn't cramp. She angled off the path onto the sandy beach. The small marina belonging to the hotel complex was in sight just ahead.
It had been another fruitless morning with no sign of Josh. She would have quit jogging every day except that she didn't want Josh to think that she ran only in the hopes of seeing him. She wanted hi...m to believe it was part of her normal routine. Actually she was beginning to enjoy it and was physically invigorated by the exercise.
A chunk of blond hair had worked free of its ponytail. Annette slipped the elastic band off her hair and shook her head to let her hair tumble loose about her shoulders. Running her fingers through it, she lifted its long mass to let the cool sea breeze reach her scalp. Across the waters the mainland of North Carolina stood sharply against the horizon, and she paused to look at it.MoreLess
It had been another fruitless morning with no sign of Josh. She would have quit jogging every day except that she didn't want Josh to think that she ran only in the hopes of seeing him. She wanted hi...m to believe it was part of her normal routine. Actually she was beginning to enjoy it and was physically invigorated by the exercise.
A chunk of blond hair had worked free of its ponytail. Annette slipped the elastic band off her hair and shook her head to let her hair tumble loose about her shoulders. Running her fingers through it, she lifted its long mass to let the cool sea breeze reach her scalp. Across the waters the mainland of North Carolina stood sharply against the horizon, and she paused to look at it.MoreLess
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