Fall'n For The New Guy | | Harrison Reid

Chapter Sixty Eight

"But....but.." I'm totally speechless.

"They were supposed to tell you a few days time after your father's passing. But they said that they lost the papers."

"Typical." I roll my eyes

He puts the keys on the table.

My eyes spot the small pink and blue surf board. A mini version of my mum's surfboard.

Tears prick my eyes, I haven't been back at the house in ages. I don't think I could even go back..

I slowly take the keys my eyes still looking at the small surfboard. I run my finger over it feeling it's smooth surface with the groves of the flower shaped press into the board.

He still kept the mini surfboard....

I don't even blink only completely frozen.

"Tessa you alright?"

Hoppo snaps me from my blank thoughts.

"Huh? Oh yeah I'm fine." I smile I get up the chair scraping on the tile floor. "I should get back to work." I smile

"Don't go alone okay? Let Harrison go with you."

"Okay." I smile, "I will."

I turn and leave his office.

I breathe not noticing I was holding my breath in that whole time I had my eyes on the keys.

I try to relax my shakey breathing. I look at the keys, It's going to be so hard to go back there..

I run right into someone making me stumble my breath hitches, the strong arm wraps around me. From on the sidewalk.

I look up to see Harrison. "Nice to bump into ya." He smiles chuckling a bit as he pulls me closer to his body.

I blush looking away shyly. Even though we've been together for 5 months now I still blush every time I look at him or feel his touch.

"What do ya got there babe?" He asks me looking at the keys.

I hand them to him, "Those are the keys to my dad's house, well my dad and I's...I get to keep the house.." I tell him

He looks up at me from looking at the keys. "That's awesome! I'm so happy for you!"

I give a half smile and look down and away from him tucking a stray hair that fell in my face behind my ear.

"Hey." He says softly, turning my head to look at him with his thumb and finger on my chin. He looks at me searching my eyes.

I try not to just start balling, but if he asks if I'm okay or what's wrong I'm definitely gonna let the water falls come out of my eyes.

My eyes glass over on the break of stream of tears, my heart hurting. My mom and my dad came to Australia every winter but when my mum died we moved permanently making it all the more hard to go there.

Harrison doesn't say anything knowing the sadness in my eyes. He just pulls me in for a hug resting his hand on my head.

A sob escapes my lips without my approval. I feel Harrison's hand rub on my back.