Beach Walk
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He wasn't counting on Abby being there. She was, as usual, smiling and flirty. They had decided to just be friends. They knew the end of the semester meant he would be leaving. She told him she was committed to accepting the fellowship and finishing her masters. That meant at least another year at State. Best to not get serious. They repeated that to one another, kissed lightly and walked, hand in hand, down the mall towards South Allan Street and their separate apartments.
Being realistic was one thing in the abstract, it was another in her presence. She wore a crew neck sweater over a Peter Pan blouse, knee length plaid pleated skirt, knee socks and penny loafers. The music was loud and seductive. The playful beat of the earthy rhythm and blues, her sensuous swaying hips and her long bouncing ponytail seduced him onto the improvised dance floor on the long porch in front of the house. It was unusually warm for May and they were both flushed. The sweet spring smell of new red buds and dogwoods blanketed them as if it had been sprayed from an aerosol can. Then it was the Beatles, "Please, Please Me." The crew neck sweater came off and enhanced the dance. He couldn't take his eyes off her as they swirled and danced alone on the veranda.
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It's a warm spring evening in 1967. Abby Moore watches Charlie Egan as they dance to the seductive rhythm and blues. Then it was the Beatles. She didn't remember how they ended up in her apartment. Then he disappeared. He left no forwarding address. There were no goodbye messages. There was just an empty place in her heart and in her life.
Thirty-six years later at a business conference on Hilton Head Island she spies a man who has the familiar walk and mannerisms that remind her of Charlie. Part of her wants it to be him, the other does not. Resurrecting the past would be painful and she's not sure she shouldn't just leave it there. Telling him what he left behind terrified her, but she desperately needed to know why he disappeared.
When they meet on the beach they find themselves drawn together by the same magic that bound them for two glorious years in their story book youth. A mutual attraction that was so strong they could not imagine life without the other. This time they realize they must drive a stake into the past and kill it before they can enjoy the present.
About the Author
Bill Lloyd and his wife, Clara, live on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. They have two grown children, Chris and Doug, living in New York City.
Bill Lloyd's previous works are mysteries set in the corporate world. Chairman, Hostile Takeover, and Don't Mess With Jenny Lee are available through www. 1stBooks.com. He is currently working on a mystery set in the lowcountry.