THE LAST TIME (ISLE OF HOPE #1) BY NICOLE BAKER – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Nicole Baker
- Language: English
- Genre: contemporary / romance
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Charlotte
I stand on the splintered boards of the front porch, looking at the house that
used to bring me peace and tranquility. A house that was more than just a
home. It was a safe haven. A place where some of my fondest memories
were made.
It’s in shambles now. Paint chips are scattered along the porch, showing
years of deterioration.
That’s the funny thing about a home. You have to put time and energy into
it to keep it from falling apart. I suppose you can say that this home
represents my relationship with my father.
After years of neglect, it’s unrecognizable. Its former beauty is hidden so
far beneath the surface that you almost don’t remember if it ever existed.
It’s been a decade since I’ve set foot on this porch. It’s incredible what ten
years of vacancy can do to a place. The last time I was here, my life was so
much simpler. My parents were still together, and my father was…well, still
a father to me.
I still remember the night he left. Although, does anyone really forget a
moment like that?
Mom and I were in the kitchen making an apple pie for the end-ofsummer party at the marina. We were leaving the following day to head
back to Cincinnati before school started up again. I was seventeen and just
about to enter my senior year of high school. I was excited to get it over
with and graduate. I thought life on the other side was going to be freeing.
How naive I was.
I was helping my mom with the lattice top of the pie crust when Dad
appeared by the front door, his suitcase propped up next to his left knee. He
said he was just going to go back a day early for work. He used to fly back
and forth throughout the summer while I stayed with my mom in a small
part of Savannah, Georgia, called Isle of Hope.
I should’ve known by the look on his face that something was off.
Looking back now, Mom knew. She had on a brave face after he walked out
the door, but she knew.
When we got back the next day, he served her divorce papers.
Nothing was ever the same again.
Senior year turned out to be nothing like I had pictured it. And it went
from bad to worse. It didn’t take my father long to find another woman to
settle down with and remarry. Sometimes, I wonder if he already found her,
and it just took him a while to get the courage to leave us.
Penelope was nice enough in the beginning. She put on a smile for me,
faking her excitement when it was my turn to spend the weekend with
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