The Consequences of Forever (1) by Kaitlyn Oruska Read Free Book Online Page A

nothing could ever go wrong because we were the only parts of it. We were the best parts of each other, and I didn’t want to lose that. Not for college miles and miles away, not for a mistake that could have so easily been prevented.              
                  And then it happened. The nauseous feeling I’d been carrying around with me for the past week intensified and I ripped myself away from Adam faster than I could ever remember moving before. I hurried away from him, making it only a few feet before I doubled over and threw up in the sand.
                  I felt him come up behind me, placing his hand on the small of my back, asking me if I was alright. His touch felt foreign and his voice sounded like it was coming from a million miles away. I stood up slowly and wiped off my mouth, pulled my hair from my face and looked up at the sky. I had spent the last twenty four hours pretending that this wasn’t really happening, that it was some sort of a mistake that would be corrected later on. I looked at Adam and saw the concern on his face and I felt even worse. I turned away from him in the hopes that he wouldn’t notice I was starting to cry, before I ran away from him and back into the house, where I could at least pretend I was safe.

July 27
                  I moved my legs around slowly in the pool water, watching as it rippled around me. A few feet away, Adam was swimming underwater, his strokes slow but purposeful. I felt my heart begin to flutter, thinking of how perfect he was, how perfect every moment spent with him felt.
                  The sliding glass door opened behind me, and Julia Montgomery emerged. She was a beautiful woman, likely in her early forties but not looking a day over thirty. She always had a fresh look about her, with her naturally tanned skin, honey-blonde hair and clear blue eyes. Today her hair was piled high on top of her head and she was dressed in all white. We were going through a bit of a heat wave this past week, and she carried a decorative hand fan with her.
                  “Lainey,” she said when she noticed me sitting by the pool. She greeted me with a large smile. “I didn’t know you were here.”
                  “I just got here a few minutes ago,” I explained.
                  “Did you come over to swim?” She asked, waving the fan in her face. “This weather is ridiculous. There hasn’t even been a half-decent ocean breeze all day. Normally I hate the thought of being cooped up in the house with the air conditioner on, but it hasn’t even been a choice all week.”
                  I smiled hesitantly. Both of Adam’s parents had never been anything but warm and welcoming towards me, especially Julia, who actually seemed to like me, though we hadn’t spent much time around each other. Still, I felt a little uncomfortable. Adam had met with such resistance from Nora; I couldn’t help wondering what Julia might really think of me. Maybe it was just paranoia, or a lack of self-confidence. Things with Scott’s parents had been natural, since I was already so used to both of them by the time we began dating.
                  “I was going to, but I think it might be too hot even for that,” I replied.
                  Julia nodded in agreement. “I’m with you on that. When Ned built this, I should have specified an indoor pool,” she winked at me. Ned Montgomery was an architect, and Adam had mentioned to me on a few occasions that he’d designed their house. It was the only one they had ever lived in as a family. I couldn’t even imagine.
                  Adam swam over to us, finally noticing that his mother had come outside. “Hi, Mom,” he said, placing his arms up on the side of the pool and grinning up at us. Water dripped from his hair onto his face, and I resisted the urge to reach over and brush