What Tomorrow Brings (Florida Keys Series) by Cyndi Raye Read Free Book Online

spotted you out here alone. Where’s your boat?”
    “Oh Jake just ran an errand. He is on his way back.” She was a bit leery giving out any information to a stranger but he did seem friendly enough, although she didn’t think Jake would leave her here if it was dangerous, would he?
    “Did you say Jake? You mean Hatfield? Oh yeah, he spends a lot of time out here, not sure what he does on that computer of his, but if he says he’ll be back, his word is good. I’m Rob, retired Army. Nice to meet you.”
    “Thanks, nice to meet you too. I’m Maggie.”
    Rob started to turn his boat towards the open water when he turned and shouted. “Sometimes we get storms out of the blue. If that happens while your here, there’s a little area over yonder where you’ll be out of the storm.” She followed his direction and waved as he left. He seemed to have confidence in Jake’s ability so she wouldn’t worry yet. She had some other ideas and wanted to get them down quickly so she found her way back to her spot on the beach, relishing in the peaceful quiet.
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    Checking the time on her computer once again, Maggie realized it would be dark in another hour. Where was he? There was no way to leave here except on a boat, and the last one had been gone for a few hours. Maggie was starting to doubt Jake and wondered if she were going to be stuck on a deserted island about the size of a football field. She certainly couldn’t swim to shore, it was too far away and who knew what was in the water. What if something had happened to Jake? Rob was the only other person who knew where she was and he had been under the impression Jake was coming right back. She didn’t know whether to worry that Jake was okay or be furious that he may have lost track of time and forgotten her.
    She closed her laptop and put it in the waterproof pouch after trying unsuccessfully to get on line. Her phone had no service either. She tried to text her Mom to see if she could get through but it just kept telling her it would send it when she was in an available area. Maggie slid the phone in the pouch with the laptop and paced back and forth along the sandy white beach. Looking out over the water, only a few sail boats lingered in the distance, way to far to get anyone’s attention. She couldn’t even start a fire without matches or a lighter. She sat back down frustrated. She opened the cooler, reached in and pulled out a water, then slammed the lid. Then the rain started. Fast and furious it came down surprising her because she never even noticed any rain clouds!
    Maggie jumped up, snatched up the chair and the cooler and headed for the trees where Rob said there was a safe place to go in a storm. The sun was starting to fade and she had no idea if she would even be able to find this shelter until she noticed the bright yellow arrows that pointed to a little cave like entrance. Someone had been smart enough to make a little tree house in the brush and guide strangers like her by way of bright arrows.. It was pretty ingenious actually. She had to bend down to get in but the leaves and brush surrounded her enough that it was like a big old umbrella hiding her from the elements. She felt like a bear in a cave.
    She could hear the pelting rain against the brush but so far the ground around her was dry. Luckily, Rob had told her about this hiding place. What had she been thinking to trust Jake so much? She sat on the ground, her knees hugging her chest as she wrapped her arms around them. She was getting scared. Maggie McCoy never was afraid of anything. She was always in control but this moment took her back to her younger days when things were not so good.
    She grew up with a single Mom, living in a trailer during the early days when Kate McCoy was building her business. A lot of the other kids made fun of her, called her trailer trash because they all lived in cookie cutter houses in developments. They told Maggie that her Dad didn’t want to be trailer