June
July 1st marked
the official reincarnation of the former St Adelaide’s Convent with the opening
of the St Adelaide’s Reflection and Healing Retreat, although it wasn’t
expected to be fully up and running until the beginning of August.
Over the month
prior to its opening new employees came on board and one of them was Jake Cox
who was taken on as one of the gardening team, but he didn’t join until after
the Whitsun Bank holiday.
The reason for
that was that he and a group of University friends were on holiday at the
traditional seaside resort of Sharpington-by-Sea.
Which was a
popular destination for visitors with its Victorian Pier, seafront hotels,
crazy golf, The Palladium ballroom, well maintained gardens, promenade, theatre
and illuminations, and has all the usual things to have a great time by the
seaside, as well as amusement arcades and of course the Sharpington Fun Park.
They were
staying in a Caravan Park up at Whitecliffe Hill for a week ending on the
Whitsun Bank Holiday weekend and were blessed with warm clement weather, which
brought many more visitors to enjoy all the seaside fun.
He and a couple
of friends got there a day and a half before the rest of them arrived and among
them was his sister India and her best friend Cheryl Leman.
Jake had
fancied her for years, but she had always given him the cold shoulder, but
suddenly they were both at the same resort, at the same time and with no
romantic attachments, so he thought he would chance his arm one more time.
It took the
best part of three days, but she eventually weakened and agreed to go to the
Palladium Ballroom with him to see an ABBA tribute band.
It was a great
night, they sang and danced and cheered, and afterwards they went to the bar
and drank and talked for a couple of hours, before they walked along the beach
together, hand in hand in the moonlight.
The beach was
deserted and silent but for the gentle breaking of the waves on the shore.
When they
reached the pier, she stopped and turned toward him and smiled and a moment
later their mouths met in a kiss that was a delicious taste of tender passion.
It was a kiss
he had dreamt of for years, but the reality of it far surpassed his wildest
imaginings, but for Cheryl it was a revelation, an unexpected delight, and her
senses were heightened, her perception altered, as the kiss had opened her eyes
and her heart.
“Wow, it looks
like you finally got me” Cheryl said with her head on his shoulder
“I was
beginning to think it would never happen” Jake admitted
“I was certain
it wouldn’t” she replied “But what do I know”
She added and
giggled and then she kissed him again before she ran to the water’s edge where
she began splashing in the breaking waves.
“I was wrong”
she shouted to the moon “I was wrong”
Then she ran
back up the beach giggling to where Jake was standing
“I was wrong”
she said quietly and hugged him “All these years I was wrong”
Jake was
speechless as he held her, and he prayed that it wasn’t just a vivid dream and
then she whispered.
“But I’m not
wrong anymore”
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