Collision Course (A Josh Williams Novel) (41 page)

Watching a sunset at Sachuest Point was a favorite of Josh and Keira. They came here for the first time after dinner on their second date. They returned here many times since.

Sachuest Point is one of Rhode Island's best-kept secrets. A national park encompassing several hundred acres of land at the mouth of Narragansett Bay, overlooking Newport to the west and Sakonnet Point to the east. Home to deer, migratory birds, hawks, falcons, osprey, and myriad other creatures, it also was one of the best fishing spots in the state, and virtually unknown.

Sometimes, Josh would fish while Keira would lie in the sun, sometimes they would both just sit and stare at the water, and sometimes they made love, hidden in the many rocks, out of view of the rangers that patrolled the park.

It became cathartic when there were those difficult times every relationship endures. It was a place of refuge from the horrors of their intimate view into the hell of other's lives. It renewed their strength, reminded them of their original feelings for each other, and added to the quality of their mutual existence.

It was the only place he could come to decide, the one place he could be free from outside influences, the place it started all those years ago.

Where would they go from here? Could it even be they? He went everywhere he could think of to find her. He came up empty. He was too late.

Josh walked down the path, to the furthest point from the parking lot at the spot where he liked to fish, and sat on the rocks.

How did it come to this?

As he sat there, the Jane Olivor song ‘You’, the one they fell in love to, played in his head.

“You are the one who makes me happy

When everything else turns to gray

Yours is the voice that wakes me mornings

And sends me out into the day

You are the crowd that sits quiet

Listening to me

And all the mad sense that I make

You are one of the few things worth remembering

And since it's all true

How could anyone mean more to me

Than you?”

He lost sight of the very thing that made him happiest.

It was better this way; he had gone too long to save things now. He wanted to, tried to think of a way, he did not know how.

The 9mm Sig was one solution. He knew it was the coward's way out. He thought of himself as a coward, he could not face his own problems, could not just explain. He spent his time immersed in work, avoiding reality, missing the parts of life that matter.

"I knew I'd find you here."

For once, Josh appeared startled.

Keira stood there, smiling. "Josh, all you needed to do was ask."

Josh stared out at the sea. "But I doubted you, the one person who never gave me a reason to, the one person that...” He began to sob.

Keira pulled him close, held him to her, held him like the first time she realized she loved this man.

"Josh, Josh. I never expected you to be perfect; I just wanted you as you were, as you still are. I was as difficult for you as you were to me. There are things I have done that hurt you. I think the intensity between us is also a curse."

She smiled, and took his hand.

"There is one more thing."

Josh looked up, how was it he deserved this woman, how was it he was so lucky?

"Anything, Keira, anything..."

Smiling, gently kissing his forehead, "You owe me a car."

Sitting there, holding each other, starring at the sea.
"…one of the few things worth remembering..."

About the Author

Joe Broadmeadow was born in Pawtucket and grew up in Cumberland, Rhode Island.

He retired with the rank of Captain from the East Providence, Rhode Island Police Department after twenty years. He served in the various divisions within the department, including Commander of Investigative Services. He also worked in the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) and on special assignment to the FBI Drug Task Force.

Silenced Justice
is his second novel in the Josh Williams series. His first novel,
Collision Course,
continues to garner rave reviews and is available on Amazon.com

When Joe is not writing, he is hiking or fishing (and thinking about writing). Joe completed a 2,185-mile thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail in September 2014. After completing the trail, Joe published a short story,
Spirit of the Trail,
available on Amazon.com in print and Kindle versions.

In the fall of 2015, Joe will release
Saving the Last Dragon,
a young adult novel also set in the backdrop of Rhode Island.

Joe lives in Lincoln, RI with his wife Susan.

Contact the author at
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I encourage my readers to send me their thoughts and reactions to my writing. Thanks for reading!

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Books by Joe Broadmeadow

Collision Course (A Josh Williams Novel)

Spirit of the Trail (An Appalachian Trail Short Story)

Saving the Last Dragon (coming Fall 2015)