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quickly as I turn to leave the kitchen.
    “We will finish this conversation , MacKenna.” It’s clearly a warning.
    After a quick lunch with my brothers I do everything in my power to hide from my mother. The house is huge so it’s not that hard. I spend an hour giving myself a tour of the house. I thought our house was too big for our family. This house is even bigger. I could get lost in here. I’ve seen the “game room” as I would call it. It houses a pool table and dart board. The last two rooms I peeked into were guest rooms. That makes a total of six bedrooms in the house.
    My mouth goes dry as I open up the last door that I come across and find myself standing in the middle of a mini -library. I’m in heaven. There’s a large desk in the middle of the room which tells me this room probably doubles as an office space. This is probably going to be where my dad hides part of the summer. As much as he swears that he’s not going to work while we are on vacation, I know him better than that. He’s too much of a control freak to let anyone else run his company.
    Even after touring the house I can’t stop thinking about Roe. I take a quick shower, knowing I am going to see him again soon. I take my time getting ready and as I’m about to walk out the back door my phone rings. I look down to see Alexa is calling.
    I walk out onto my balcony to see if Roe is down by the water yet. He’s not, so I answer her call. I need to talk to her about everything.
    “Hey.”
    “Girl. You haven’t called me. What the hell? How’s the beach? Is the house nice? When are you coming home again?”
    She’s going a mile a minute, as usual. Normal for Alexa is asking about five questions but only getting the answer to the last one. I have to smile. I love my best friend.
    “I’m not coming home for a month.”
    “That’s too damn long. How is your dad? Is he going crazy yet? I bet he is.”
    “I haven’t seen him today since breakfast. I spent the day on the beach. He was gone when I got home. Mom said he was golfing.”
    “Well, you should tell him you want to come home early. We need to spend some time together before school starts again. It’s our last year together.” I hear her pouting. Her voice turned whiney and a little high pitched. She sounds like a small child throwing a temper tantrum.
    “Um. I love you dearly, Alexa, but I’m not sure my dad would go for that. Plus, I kind of like it here.”
    It’s silent for a minute. I know she’s thinking. She’s has to realize there is a reason that I like it here. It will click. Give it a minute. I see Roe walk onto the beach at the same moment that everything falls into place for Alexa.
    “ You met someone already! ” She’s screaming at me. I can’t tell if she’s excited or angry.
    “Yes and I am going to be late to meet up with him if I don’t let you go. Can I call you tomorrow?”
    “Mac, it’s only a little after five. Why can’t you call me back tonight? I want to hear about this mystery guy.”
    “I don’t know what time we are going to be back tonight. I will call you if I get in early enough. Gotta go. Love you.”
    I hang up on her , knowing that if I don’t that she will keep me on the phone for another ten minutes debating the fact that I need to call her later. I am probably going to want to and I probably will. No need to debate it with her.
    My phone chimes as I grab my purse and head down the stairs.
    Alexa: Bitch! Call me later. Love you too.
    I slide my phone in my purse , scan the area and am almost out the back door when my mom’s voice stops me.
    “MacKenna. Is that the boy who you were with earlier?” I turn to see my mom staring out the living room window to where Roe is standing down on the beach. I’m sure he would be able to see her if he looked at the house. How embarrassing.
    “Yes. That’s Roe. He’s staying next door for the summer. We are going to walk down to the pier and see if there’s anything going on