The Breakers Chapter 22 Pic Tease and Teaser

Though I am posting these, please remember, there may not be a chapter on Sunday as my son has a soccer tournament this coming weekend!

EPOV

"You look nervous," the nurse comments cheerily as she checks my vitals.

I hold my arm out so she can wrap the infernal blood pressure cuff around my arm. My muscles still ache and by the time she's done, my arm limply falls down beside my leg.

"I am," I tell her. She fills in the chart and then drops it into the slot at the end of my bed. "I'm about to have a visitor and I'm worried about what her reaction is going to be." I nervously run a hand through my hair, not thinking of the bandage that still covers half of my forehead.

"Well it can't be your girlfriend because she's hardly left your side since you got here yesterday," she teases, and raises her eyebrow for an answer.

My heart stutter steps because I instantly think about Bella, and then smile at the nurse. "It's actually her daughter that's coming. Her name is Peyton. She's seven and the most amazing kid." I shake my head, at a complete loss for words because amazing doesn't even come close to describing Peyton.

"You love them both very much," she observes.

I nod, unable to answer and try to swallow past the golf ball-sized lump that's suddenly taken up residence.

She smiles fondly at me and then moves to change the bandage on my head. We're making small talk and I hear the door open and groan because I'm tired of tests.

"Hey, what are you doing to my best friend?" demands the sweetest voice.

The Breakers Chapter 21 Pic Tease

The Breakers Review Reply

Hi, all!  FFn is being difficult and not allowing review replies to be sent.  I am posting it here instead!!

Hi again!

 

I hope all who celebrate Thanksgiving had a wonderful holiday, and for those of you that don't, I hope you've had a wonderful week so far!

 

Thanks so much for reading and for taking the time to let me know what you thought of the last chapter!

 

Lots happening in this last chapter, I hope you enjoyed all the family time. Edward is still learning his way, but I think he's got a pretty good handle on it all, don't you? And how about our Bella letting her claws come out when her Edward is being threatened? There were a few comments made about how Trisha knew of Edward's past …  Corea is a small town, tiny in fact, and while their immediate circle was told firsthand about what happened to Edward in Boston, it's not too much of a stretch to imagine someone overhearing something and then repeating that to someone else and so on and so on. There was no big announcement or anything like that, just word of mouth that spread from one person to another.

 

We are moving ahead next chapter. Do you have your big girl panties ready because you're going to need them! You knew it was coming, so hang on tight. It's going to get bumpy. Keep the faith though and trust me, okay?

 

Because you were so great to leave me a review, here's a little tease to get you through until Sunday:

 

“Bella?” Mom asks as she settles into the opposite corner of the loveseat.

 

I shrug my shoulders, figuring she doesn't really need an answer, but I give her one anyway. “I couldn't sleep. Plus, I want to be close to the scanner … just in case.”

 

She sighs and then scoots over to throw an arm over my shoulder. “You are going to give yourself an ulcer if you keep this up, Bella.” She kisses the side of my head and I know there is more she wants to say, but thankfully she doesn't say anything else.

 

“I can't help it, Mom. I know, I know,” I hold my hand up and stop the next words out of her mouth, “I know this is his job and I know it's something I have to learn to live with. This just feels different is all, and I don't know why. Even before they left on Monday, I had a bad feeling about this trip and now with the forecast and the storm heading this way, I just can't shake the feeling something terrible is going to happen.”

 

Make sure you check out The Breakers blog! A new Wordle was posted and the recipe is another good one, so make sure you give it a try and let us know if you liked it or not, okay? PLEASE, please share your favorite recipes with us. We'd love to post them and include them in the cookbook we'll be putting together at the end. Send your recipes to:

 

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We've also set up a group on Facebook just for The Breakers! I'm so excited about this and would love see more of you there. All the pictures and teasers are posted there and we've had some lively conversations so far, too. Check it out!

 

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Don't forget to follow me on Twitter for update alerts as well as when the teasers are posted. I've been known to give away a few things from time to time, too!! I'm on there all the time and would love to chat with you! *Psst ... I also change my avi every week that's another little hint about the upcoming chapter - I love hearing all the theories! This week's is my favorite so far! les_sh_16

 

I can't begin to tell you how excited I am about the response to The Breakers and how grateful I am to you for letting me know what you think! I hope you'll continue to let me know as we go along. The feedback is incredible and the support and encouragement mean so much!! A huge hug and my sincere thanks to you for rec'ing this story anywhere or talking about it with your friends and for sending me such sweet messages on Twitter and by PM!

 

I'll see you Sunday with the next chapter … It's a big one! I can't wait!!

 

Hugs,

Erin~

The Breakers Wordle and Thanksgiving Salmon Recipe

 

Thanksgiving Salmon Recipe

Have a Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate!!

The Breakers - Chapter 21 Pic Tease and Teaser

Mom looks at me and says, "They've lost contact with the Isabella Marie."

TB Peyton's Bracelet

 

There were requests to see Peyton's Bracelet, so here it is!

Enjoy!!  I'll see you on Sunday!!

The Breakers Wordle ... kinda and Double Layer Pumpkin Pie Recipe

Nope - not a wordle this week!!  But I think you get the drift of what the chapter will be about!!  We posted a great recipe for Thanksgiving instead of a seafood recipe!  Yeah, we are just trying to throw you off this week!!  Enjoy!!

Double Layer Pumpkin Pie Recipe

The Breakers Chapter 20 Pic Tease and Teaser

"Mom? Do you think Edward is coming back?" Peyton asks as she sits down beside me on the front steps.

Her voice is so sad. As much as I want to tell her yes, I have a feeling the answer is no … at least not tonight. I wrap my arm around her shoulders and pull her close, rubbing my hand up and down her arm to keep the chill of the early October air away.

I sigh.

I knew he was having a bad day. I could tell the minute he walked in the house and stomped his feet on the doormat. It's been raining, it's cold, he's tired, and Peyton has been, for lack of a better word, a complete pain for the past two days. Add a crabby seven-year-old to a twenty-seven year-old man that has no experience with kids and who's already in a bad mood and it was a disaster waiting to happen.

Not that him slamming the door and leaving is anywhere close to all right.

"I didn't mean to make him so mad," she tells me in a heartbroken voice. She lays her head on my shoulder and we both look toward the driveway as if somehow he's going to magically appear.

Her fingers rub the bracelet that never leaves her wrist. Getting her to take it off for her bath every night is next to impossible. It's her most prized possession - a fact of which she tells anyone and everyone … repeatedly.

I kiss the top of her head and enjoy the sense of comfort her coconut-lime shampoo gives me. "I know, baby, but you have to learn a no means no. What he did wasn't right, but the fact that you pushed him to the point where he lost his temper wasn't right either."

"He's not going to go away is he? I mean, he still loves me right?" Her eyes fill with tears. She sniffs and it tears my heart open.

I turn and pull her into my lap, wrapping my arms tightly around her. "Of course he does, Peyton. Edward will always love you," I tell her.

"I don't want him to be mad at me anymore," she sniffs once more.

I close my eyes and say a quick prayer that he comes back soon.

The Breakers Chapter 19 Pic Teases Set One

Today's teasers are all hidden!!  They might be considered NSFW!!!

Pic Tease 1

Pic Tease 2

Pic Tease 3

See you tomorrow with more teases!!

The Breakers Wordle and Zesty Tilapia with Mushrooms

 

Zesty Tilapia with Mushrooms 

Enjoy!!

The Breakers Chapter 19 Pic Tease and Teaser

Peyton's School

"So, tell me about this Brody kid," I begin the Sunday before the big day over breakfast. As I ask, I reach for the syrup for the delicious-looking French toast Bella made this morning.

French toast, bacon, and orange juice almost makes up for the fact that she tiptoed out of her room while I was in the shower.

Almost.

Of course if she would have still been in bed, and still enticingly naked when I got out, there's no chance in hell we'd be eating anything but cereal this morning.

She rolls her eyes at me and I hear Bella snort from the kitchen. Apparently this little punk has been away most of the summer and the fact she'll see him tomorrow at school is causing her loads of distress. Last night when I got here, she dragged me up to her room to help her pick out her first day of school outfit … one that's been changed more times than I can count.

Seeing my Sprite anxious … and about a boy no less, is not sitting well with me at all.

"Edward, hush," Bella tells me as she slides into her seat beside me.

I hold my fork halfway between my plate and my mouth. I look back and forth between the two of them, not caring that there's syrup dripping down off the side of my fork. "What?" I ask. "Nobody, especially a boy," I shiver as I say the word, "is going to make my best friend nervous about going to school."

I shovel my fork in my mouth and chew furiously and wonder if there is a way Charlie would let me take Peyton with me to work tomorrow. I bet if I told him there was a boy in the picture, he'd let me.

Peyton giggles. "I can't wait to see his face when I tell him about you," she tells me before she takes a sip of her juice. "He's gonna be so jealous that my best friend has a motorcycle, even if I can't ride on it yet." That part was said with an evil eye directed only at Bella.

I make sure to keep a straight look on my face even though I kind of want to smirk at her.

I'm not stupid. There's a chance for sex later; I'm not about to fuck that up.

The Breakers Chapter 18 Pic Teases

Wayne and Carlisle

The Breakers Chapter 18 Wordle and Lobster Fritter Recipe

Lobster Fritters - Enjoy!!  See you on Friday with Pic Teases!!!