David was stuck. He was stuck trying to reconcile his last memories of saying goodbye to Olivia and the kids, of having just recently buried his mother, of getting on a plane with Jeremy for a kayaking trip, and now being here, in the cabin at Lake Hazelton.
1. He was stuck apparently stuck hundreds of miles away…
Remove first “stuck”?
2. She gently pressed down upon the embossed raised letters of the alphabet with their sharp gold letters.
This is a bit awkward. Embossed and raised have similar meanings. Also, “letters” twice in the sentence.