Total pages in book: 35
Estimated words: 33542 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 168(@200wpm)___ 134(@250wpm)___ 112(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 33542 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 168(@200wpm)___ 134(@250wpm)___ 112(@300wpm)
Taking the phone out, I smiled when I saw who had texted me.
Hollie: How is your day going?
I quickly typed back my reply.
Me: Amazing! We found an area that looks to have been a structure of some sort. We got one pot out, and there is another piece that looks like part of a sword maybe.
Hollie: Ohhh, that sounds interesting. So, not just a gravesite?
Laughing, I shook my head.
Me: Nope. I’m hoping we can make at least one more discovery before we lose daylight.
Hollie: I have a feeling you’re going to make a pretty big one, maybe even two.
My heart jumped. Had she had a vision?
Me: What makes you say that?
When my phone rang, I jumped.
“Hey, is everything okay?” I asked. Hollie never called when I was at the site.
“Turn around and make your first discovery.”
Confused, I turned and saw her standing by one of the tents. Her long, brown hair was in a ponytail, but it whipped in the wind as she lifted her hand and waved.
“You’re here! You’re not supposed to be for another week.”
She chuckled. “I didn’t want to wait another week.”
“I’ll be right there.”
Hitting End, I turned to Matt and Ryan. “I’m taking a break. My fiancé is here a week early.”
Ryan grinned. “Dude, take the rest of the day off. We don’t have much sun left anyway.”
Nodding, I said, “I might just do that.”
“Perks of being the boss,” Matt said with a wink.
I quickly walked toward Hollie, fighting the urge to sprint. The last thing I wanted was for everyone to see me running toward her, even though that was all I wanted to do.
Stopping in front of her, I watched her blue eyes catch my brown.
“You’re here.”
She smiled. “I’m here.”
I drew her to me and hugged her, picking her up and spinning her around. The sound of her laughter filled my heart with so much joy.
“Is everything okay at home?”
She nodded. “Well, at your mom’s birthday party the other day, your Aunt Nancy showed everyone her flamingo dance. She truly is convinced she was one in a prior life. She even asked me if I read tarot cards and could tell her if I saw her in another life.”
I rolled my eyes.
“Come on, I’m taking the rest of the day off. You’re probably exhausted.”
She smiled slightly and said, “Yeah, I could try and eat something. I haven’t been feeling all myself lately.”
With her hand in mine, we walked through the tent. “What’s wrong? Stressed about the move?”
“No,” she chuckled. “It’s not that.”
We had to stop a few times in order for me to introduce Hollie to some people, and when we finally got to the rental car I’d been driving, I could tell Hollie was about to pass out.
“Did you not sleep on the flight at all?”
“I slept some.”
Hollie walked to the wrong side of the car and laughed when she opened it. I held open her door. “Wait, where is your luggage?”
“It’s already at the flat. I stopped there first.”
“Perfect. I’ve got some stuff to make something to eat, or we could go out.”
“Let’s stay in,” she said.
“That sounds like a plan.”
As we drove down the winding road, I kept noticing Hollie put her hand up to her neck or her stomach. Shit, I really hoped she wasn’t coming down with something.
The moment I pulled into the driveway, she jumped out of the car and rushed to the front door. I had to jog to catch up to her. I unlocked the front door, and Hollie pushed past me and ran to the bathroom, and I followed.
“Hollie, are you okay…? Oh, gross!” I said as Hollie leaned over and puked. And puked. And puked some more.
Then she stood there, leaning over the toilet with dry heaves.
I had run and gotten a washcloth and handed it to her. She placed it over her entire face as I rubbed her back.
“Did you eat something bad on the plane, you think?”
Hollie slowly stood. She rinsed out her mouth, then took my hand as I led her straight to the bedroom, where she promptly crawled onto the bed.
“No, it’s not that.”
“The flu?”
She shook her head.
I felt her forehead; no fever.
“How long have you been sick?”
“Oh, awhile.”
“Have you gone to the doctor?”
With a nod, she said, “Yep.”
“What did they say?”
“Can you grab my purse? I dropped it on the way in.”
Kissing her on the forehead, I replied, “Of course. Let me go get it.”
I came back with her purse and set it next to her. She dug around and pulled out a little yellow envelope that had my name on it and handed it to me.
“What’s this?”
Sitting up, Hollie pulled her legs up and rested her chin on her knees. The color slowly started to come to her beautiful face. She grinned and said, “Open it.”
I shot a curious look in her direction, to which she responded by motioning at the envelope. “Just open it, will you?”