Chapter Fifteen
October moved into November. The crisp days of autumn turned into the rainy days of winter. The few days of sunshine meant that all the residents of Hazel Island got outside, including Gwen.
Sometimes Jack joined her. Other times, he was working, or Gwen was working, too. But they found a rhythm to their friendship that they'd never experienced before.
They still hadn't had s*x. At least, not s*x-s*x, as Alex would've described it. Gwen had tried to bring it up, but Jack had always told her there wasn't any hurry. Besides, their work schedules didn't lend to them being with each other all that often. Sometimes an entire week would pass before they could find time to spend together.
It was on one of those misty, gray days that Hazel Island hosted its annual Cider Festiva
