“Disoriented, she wiped the sweat from her face. The sky was clear and brilliant blue overhead, and the air was moist with June humidity. She sat up and saw the grainy stretch of beach opening up to the expanse of blue-green water. A speedboat droned in the distance, the source of the hum that had awakened her.The Lake Norman vacation. A break from tenth grade and geometry and the persistent attention of David Anderson, first-chair clarinetist and algebra honors student. School a glorious eight ...weeks in the future, so far on the horizon as to not even be imaginable yet. Her parents back at the club, Dad probably sipping a beer after a round of golf, Mom in a lounge chair reading a James Patterson paperback. Not a care in the world.Chelsea?Chelsea was right there on the beach when Rachel had closed her eyes—just for a second, I only wanted to block out the bright blinding sun for a second—and now she was gone.Rachel lifted her head and squinted up and down the beach. They were in an isolated, shady spot, the nearest pier fifty yards away.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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