Adrift (SUNRISE ISLAND BROTHERS #3) by E. Davies EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: E. Davies
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GAGE
I’m standing in our orchard again.
Considering it’s been thirteen years—exactly half my lifetime—being
here doesn’t feel as weird as I thought. And walking here from the ferry
dock only took ten minutes. Either Sunrise Island is smaller or my legs are a
lot longer.
“Down you go,” I grunt, swinging my backpack to the ground and
leaning it up against the little white fence. Or what I think is the fence,
under all the grass and blackberry brambles.
Then I pull out my precious yellow paper envelope and open it up,
thumbing through the photos inside.
Decades flick past in a heartbeat. A few precious photos in grainy sepia,
more in black and white, and then Dad’s Polaroids and a couple of Mom’s
artsy point-and-shoot snaps.
And, of course, my most treasured possession: a map of the orchard,
hand-drawn on aging paper. Even the Ziploc bag it’s tucked into is old
enough to be in a museum.
There it is, the Polaroid taken from the very spot I’m standing. It’s me
age five. I’m trying to hide from the camera by climbing up an apple tree.
Honestly, it’s pretty on-brand for me. I’ve never been keen on attention.
I step off the gravel road into the long grass, turning this way and that
until the trees line up.
“That one.”
Like everything, it’s smaller compared to my six-foot-three grown
frame. A lifetime fighting its brethren for sunlight and slowly losing the
battle against the weeds has left it stooped and gnarly.
I tuck the Polaroid back into the envelope, slide it into my back pocket,
and slap my palm against the tree trunk. It’s still solid. We should be able to
save it easily enough.
“Don’t worry, old boy. Grandma sent me to take care of you.”
All of a sudden, my throat’s real tight. I clear it a few times, blinking
until the world is less watery.
“By the end of the summer, you won’t even know yourself,” I promise
the orchard at large, grabbing my backpack again to drop it off next to the
boarded-up little cabin.
Home, sweet home, right?
My great-grandparents first built the cabin when they moved here. It’s
spent decades as a storage shed, but it’s about to become my new home.
Even if my family thinks I’m crazy for it.
My phone chimes with my mom’s ringtone, and I grab it to glance at the
wall of text in my messages.
MOM:
How is everything? Are you sure you’re OK living in the old
cabin? It’s warm enough at night? You’re always welcome
here! Make sure you get groceries soon, Dad says the store
sometimes closes early. And take lots of photos of everything.
PS: Lasagna this weekend, your favourite! xoxo
I chuckle to myself and shake my head, tapping out a reply while I stroll
back toward the road.
GAGE:
Thanks, Mom. It’s beautiful here. Can’t wait to tell you
everything over lasagna on Sunday. Photos coming soon!
Mom’s right. I’ll need easy canned food to eat on my camp stove until I
get the utilities turned back on. But I’m not telling her that, or she’ll insist
that I come home for dinner every night.
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