All Chapters of The Bancrofts of Sunrise Cove: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Clara's POV11 years ago on a hot summer night, just before summer met its end, I saw flashing lights through the thin sheers of my bedroom window. I couldn't sleep that night. It must have been the heat or the anxiety of reopening school and having to deal with high school once again. High school is a war zone. I hated it. I got up to check when the blue and red lights wouldn't stop. I thought it's the police coming to arrest the neighbor's kid again -since he was always getting into one kind of trout or another- but the Sheriff was walking up our driveway to our front door. I heard hurried footsteps in the hallway. Earlier that night my mother and Mikey had been arguing. It's nothing new. Since dad's death, Mikey has been troublesome. He develop a bad habit; cigarettes. Mom didn't approve and they argued often   When I opened my bedroom door I saw Mikey running down the hallway. He stopped once to look at me placing his fi

Linc's POV"You were right Linc. There's a whole world away from Sunrise Cove." Clara hasn't left the bay window overlooking the colosseum since we got here. She likes the view. "I can stay here forever."The last part of what she said caught my attention. Forever sounds good. Even after Andrea I'm still looking for that significant other so that I can have this forever after. I brought the coffee to her as I also sat on the wooden surface looking down at Rome. "That is the idea." I observed her to see what she feels.She turned to look at me. "What? What did you mean? What is the idea?"I may not know her that well but something about this makes me want to save her from what I know is inevitable when she rides on my family's final nerve."I uh... I'm going back to Chicago.""Why?""I had a life before I came to Sunrise Cove. I have a job. Yo

Clara's POVYvonne Cott. I think every other woman in a relationship with a man like Lincoln Bancroft -charming, good looking, sexy and wealthy- would be paranoid about an 'Yvonne Cott'. In fact, any woman in a relationship should be paranoid about her getting comfortable "We founded Linc and Cott together. We are business partners. I am the CEO and she is the CFO. Simple."  I mimicked his voice. "Business partners my ass! There was more than that in that simple introduction Buddy! Your little nose would have sniffed it out!" The puppy is looking at me but I think it he wants the peanut butter jar. He's not listening to me and he's not interested. Linc didn't give him any peanut butter. He ignored Buddy. I offered him a spoonful. He ate all of it. I sat on the wooden floor. "Would you believe he used the word simple? There was nothing simple about it! Simple i

Clara's POV"I am nervous." I admitted the almost paralyzing feeling that has made me anxious all day. It's keeping me from moving my feet. Linc offered me a small reassuring smile. "You could just go without me." I have been in between accompanying him to the anniversary of his mother's death or staying back at the hotel and waiting for him to return. "I know it's awkward-" "Uncomfortably scary."  "Okay. I know it's uncomfortably scary to be here but if we are going to be together, we need to deal with each other's families, right? The good and the ugly?" "Right?" I cringed. "Right." It's a bed I made and I have to lie on it. I started off badly with Bancrofts. I started by causing trouble at their gate and getting arrested. I went on to investigae them for things they have obviously done but there's just no proof. Now I'm dating one of thei

Clara's POVAttacking Yvonne Cott wasn't my finest moment.  I'm not a hot tempered person. My first instinct is never to get physical. No. Not that fast. In self defense perhaps but never to attack. I attacked her. I messed up her face. I was angry and probably jealous because of what I had seen in the video. I can't imagine Linc like that with another woman. No.  I also think I'm falling in love with him. It's a constant thought in my mind. I think my heart is giving in above everything else that my mind is telling me.  He isn't back. He's in Vermont with his father. He called to let me know he's alright. Buddy and I are alone in this loft that is oddly starting to feel like home. The man I viciously fought for is starting to feel mine.  I offered him a spoonful of peanut butter.  I think I need to tell Linc what I did before it blows up in my fac