title: This Restless Life: A dream chased through California parks in an RV
author:  Levonne Gaddy 
description: Levonne Gaddy writes to explore her own life and the lives of others. Along with her blogs, she has written novels, a childhood memoir, a screenplay, short stories, the personal histories of others and newspaper articles. She uses photography to capture the beauty of her surrounding world.
zlib_text: Copyright © 2019 J.D. Light
  Edited by Ann Attwood Editing and Proofreading Services
   
   
   
   
  
   
  Chapter One
  I groaned, letting my head drop in front of me even as butterflies flittered around in my stomach.
  I had a love hate relationship with the sight of that SUV which was pulling into the parking lot of the
  café where I worked.
  Taking a deep breath, I squared my shoulders, ignoring the feeling of eyes on me as I finished cleaning
  the table that happened to be right behind the window he'd parked in front of.
  It was the same routine almost every day. Grayson Meadows would pull up and park in front of one of
  the huge windows along the front of the café and sit there for a while. I didn't know if he actually
  watched me since the windows of the SUV were pretty dark, but I always imagined he did.
  At first, I'd been excited by the prospect of the living, breathing being of perfection with his dark hair
  and light gray eyes possibly being there to watch me, but as time went on, I'd started to 