LADY ON THE BEACH.....PAGE 4

 LADY ON THE BEACH......PAGE 4

MAGGIE DROVE THE CLASSIC, RESTORED 74 NOVA

STILL WEARING HER CUSTOM MADE WEDDING DRESSAND VAIL.

IT'S BEEN TWO DAYS SINCE SHE WAS LEFT AT THE ALTAR

MAGGIE WAS NEVER SO EMBARRESSED, NOT THAT SHE WAS LEFT AT THE ALTAR,

BUT BECAUSE SHE IS A BESTSELLING ROMANCE AUTHOR, AND SHE COULDN'T

GET HER HAPPILY EVER AFTER...IS THAT TO MUCH TO ASK?   

MAGGIE FLED THE CITY, ALREADY PACKED FOR HONEYMOON, SHE GRABBED HER SUIT

CASE IN THE NOVA AND STARTED DRIVING

HER AGENT FOUND A PLACE TO LAY LOW AND FINISH HER BOOK

MAGGIE LEFT HER PHONE AND LAPTOP BEHING, GRABBING AN 1912 MANUAL

TYPEWRITER.  SHE DIDN'T WANT ANYONE TO KNOW WHERE SHE WAS AND DIDN'T

WANT TO TALK TO ANYONE

SHE DROVE BY A SIGN THAT WELCOMED HER TO DOLPHIN COVE.

IT IS STARTING TO GET DARK, BUT HAD NO PROBLEM FINDING THE BEACH HOUSE

IT WAS PERFECT.  NO OTHER HOUSES AROUND, NO NOISEY NEIGHBORS

MAGGIE PARKED THE NOVA IN FRONT OF THE TWO STORY BEACH HOUSE INHALING

THE SEA AIR, FEELING THE OCEAN BREEZE

MAGGIE STEPPED OUT OF THE CAR AND WALKED TOWARD THE BEACH, AS IF IT

IS CALLING HER.  HER VEIL BLEW IN THE BREEZE AS SHE WALKED TOWARD THE SANDY

BEACH.  WALKING TO THE EDGE OF THE WATER, TAKING A COUPLE MORE STEPS, STANDING

KNEE DEEP IN THE OCEAN.  MAGGIE LET OUT A FERAL SCREAM, LETTING EVERYTHING OUT

THAT SHE KEPT INSIDE FOR THE PAST TWO DAYS.  SHE FELL ONTO HER BACK, LETTING THE 

OCEAN DETERMINE HER DESTINY.  "LET ME LIVE OR LET ME DIE.  THE CHOICE IS YOURS"  

SHE YELLED

MAGGIE CLOSED HER EYES, LISTENING TO THE WAVES, THEN SHE FELT WATER PUSHING 

HER.  SHE OPENED HER EYES, REALIZING THAT A LARGE WAVE HAD BROUGHT HER

BACK TO SHORE.  MAGGIE STOOD UP, HER WEDDING DRESS COVERED IN WET SAND.

"SO I LIVE."  MAGGIE SAID.

MAGGIE WALKED ALONG THE WATER'S EDGE, WITH THE WEDDING DRESS TRAIN BEING

DRAGGED BEHIND.  SHE SAT DOWN IN THE SAND, LETTING THE WAVES CRASH

AROUND HER.  SHE LAID DOWN LOOKING UP AT THE NIGHT SKY

"THIS WAS SUPPOSE TO BE MY WEDDING NIGHT, WHERE I WOULD LOSE MY

VIRGINITY.   25 YEARS OLD, STILL A VIRGIN."  SHE SAID TO THE UNIVERSE

SHE TOOK A DEEP BREATH, ALONE, JUST HER AND THE UNIVERSE LOOKING

DOWN AT HER WITH PITY.