Page 15 of The Beachside Cafe 6
“Hello, husband. You’re running behind, you know. We’ve got to get to the airport in an hour to check in for the flight home.”
“I know. I’ve got time though. I don’t have to spend a couple hours in front of the mirror doing makeup and hair.”
Jaymee raised her eyebrows at him. “Are you trying to say something?”
He gave her an innocent look. “Like what? I didn’t say you did that. I was just mentioning that I don’t.”
She sneered playfully at him. “Just get dressed. It’s a long drive to the airport.”
“Half hour. That gives me a half hour to get dressed and you know how long that will take me? Five minutes. Pull a brush through my hair and I’m good to go.”
Jaymee was impressed with her husband still. He was handsome and strong and muscular. He had a quick smile and an easy temperament.
“Well, go do that then!” She urged him with a pat on the butt. He reacted as if she’d struck him hard, scooting away from her, laughing.
“Okay, okay!”
Jaymee watched as he dressed, thinking how much she loved him. Her life had completely changed from three years ago. And from every year that preceded that one. She was happy now, active, doing something that made her proud of herself.
“Once we get back to Grand Bay, are we going straight to the detectives with this evidence? Or do you think we should gather more?”
“I think we’ve got enough. But we’ll let them decide that. If they think we are good to go, we’ll let them have it. They might ask us to bring them more though.”
“Do you have an idea where we’d look for that?”
Just as he’d predicted, Cameron was ready in a flash. He moved to the small table in the corner that held an instant one cup coffee maker and prepared it to make one of the pods. He dropped the pod in the container, closed it and pressed the on button. They both watched as the coffee filled the cup.
“You want one of these, too?” he asked, pulling the cup out of the space when it was done.
“Yeah, I guess I could use some more caffeine. I got enough sleep but… I don’t know, I’m still tired.”
“Cheyenne is going to be happy to have you back. She’s doing really well since she moved back home with you.”
“She’s anxious for her wedding.”
Jaymee was pleased her daughter and Alex were to be married in the near future. They’d decided on a day in the middle of spring, right around the time of Jaymee and Cameron’s wedding. That way they could celebrate them together and separately.
Cameron made her a cup of coffee and brought it over to her. “See? We still have twenty minutes before we even have to leave. What do you want to do to fill that time?”
“We could always leave early and get to the airport before we need to check in.”
Cameron gave her a sullen look. “That’s not what I want to do.”
Jaymee flushed and shook her head, a mischievous grin on her face.
“No, no. No time for that. I just got dressed. So did you.”
Cameron laughed. “I wasn’t talking about that. But I’m always game if you are. No, I was talking about something else. Something you and I like to do to fill time whenever we can.”
Jaymee knew what he was talking about. The day they were married, they discovered they were very good dance partners. Since then, they’d taken every chance they could to dance, even just for a little while, held in each other’s arms, enjoying each other completely.
Jaymee turned around and set her coffee cup on the counter behind her where the tv and small refrigerator were. Cameron did the same. He pulled out his phone and put it on a music station they both enjoyed.
He held his arms up in the air. “Would you care to dance, my love?”
Jaymee smiled lovingly. “I would very much like to dance.” She moved into his arms and immediately sighed with contentment.
They moved around the room slowly, Jaymee’s cheek pressed against his chest, listening to his heartbeat. Dancing slow like this was something she had never done with Doug. The one and only time they danced together was at their wedding reception. Doug was not light on his feet and had no grace about him. Cameron was the complete opposite.
