The tenth book in the Forever Series.... this book will have Nick & Demi dealing with new career endeavors, after years of just laying low as a regular family. They're approaching middle age & their children are getting older, so the craziness will...
I've never been so angry at my dad before, which is why tears formed in my eyes as I ran from him. I was surprised he didn't come after me, but he did hate running & I was pretty fast, plus he probably knew I needed space. I needed to go find Logan, since he looked so terrified after my dad told him to get away from me. I liked Logan a lot & we had a lot in common. It wasn't a big thing, with us, since he lived in New York. He was a diabetic, like me & he played a bunch of instruments. He was going to be in the end of summer jam with me, for one of the performances I was doing. At least, I hoped he would still be in it. He might back out now that my dad scared him.
Logan & I hit it off right from the beginning & we hung out together all the time. He was a year older than me, so he was thirteen & he'd be fourteen in December. When he kissed me in the woods minutes earlier, that wasn't the first time it had happened. He kissed me for the first time, a week before, while we were rehearsing. He was sitting across from me, playing on an acoustic guitar, while I was singing. After the song was over, we smiled, then he leaned toward me & asked if he could kiss me. Of course I nodded, giving him permission. It was nice. I liked it & we had done it several times since then. Everyone at camp, called him my boyfriend & I never corrected anyone. Now, I'd be lucky if he even talked to me again, thanks to my jerk of a father.
I ran all over camp, looking at places I thought Logan might go, then I ended up back at his cabin & thankfully, he was there. His cabin door was open, so I could see him sitting on his bed, his one leg shaking, nervously. I knocked on the door & he looked up. "You better get out of here, Mercy. Your dad said to stay away from you." Logan got up & put his hands up, in front of him.
"My dad had no right to say that to you. He can't tell me who I can hang out with. I don't want you to be afraid of him." I walked closer to him. "Listen, my dad sometimes reacts like that & once he realizes how wrong he was, he'll come around. It's not like we're doing anything wrong. We were kissing."
Logan looked down at his feet as he leaned on a dresser & after a moment, glanced up at me. "Mercy, I like you, but I don't want to make your dad upset, so maybe we should just not hang out until after your parents leave."
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I nodded my head, feeling angrier, at my dad, now. "Fine. They're leaving tomorrow, after breakfast. I guess I'll talk to you tomorrow then." I turned on my heel & left his cabin. I started walking & didn't even know where I was going, at first. I walked to the lake, because that was the one place I could find peace. I sat on a bench by the water to calm myself down. Once I was calm, I got up & jumped in the water. I surfaced & looked up at the setting sun, trying to figure out how to stop being so angry at my dad. I swam to the dock, pulled myself out, then leaned on the railing, so I could watch the kids nearby enjoying the water with their families. My family was probably trying to find me, so I should go find them.
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