Excerpt from carolina girls: Sunset Beach
​"...When the car pulled up to their favorite restaurant, she paid the driver and stepped out into the damp night air. As she was getting out, she saw a shiny penny face up. She smiled, a little good luck never hurt anyone. As she bent down to pick it up, a car driving way too fast in the parking lot swerved past her, hitting a small wading pool of a puddle, splashing her from head to toe. She stood there shocked for a minute, dripping wet, while the car gunned out of sight.
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“Are you freaking kidding me?!” she yelled. Why did things like this always happen to her? And where had the stupid penny gone that she was picking up in the first place?
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“Perfect,” she muttered and turned to walk into the restaurant.
Her friends waved as she passed the hostess, but their smiles dropped when they saw her soaking clothes. Millie headed straight to the bathroom, where the girls met her and peppered her with questions.
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Millie took them through the story, from the quiet drive there, to the stupid lucky penny and finally to her ride on Splash Mountain. She cussed and fussed about the weather wreaking havoc with her life and hair, all while the girls used paper towels to pat her dry.
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She was so mad with life in general. This was just the cherry on top. “I should just go,” she barked. “I’m not going to do anyone any favors by being here. I’m a mess.”
​“You know, things like this only happen to you, Millie,” Cate grinned. “There’s a whole restaurant full of people who got here without wetting their pants.”
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That did the trick. They erupted in the kind of breathless laughter that only happens once in a blue moon and makes your stomach and cheeks ache in the best way.
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Cate gave her a big hug, wetting the front of her shirt. “See, now we’re both a mess.” After a group hug and a few more paper towels, she decided to toast the night instead of ending it.
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Sitting at the table, drinks in hand, Rory raised her glass. “To our first wet and wild-themed girl’s night. May there be many more adventures tonight.”
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“To adventures,” the girls said in unison..."
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