As they go away, I nod towards the moonlit terrace.

“Come. The seashore is especially stunning underneath a full moon.”

She nods and stands and as she does, I attain for her hand as if it’s essentially the most pure factor on this planet.

She smiles, and it’s a dart to my coronary heart I wasn’t anticipating and as we stroll exterior into the nice and cozy balmy air, I’m extra relaxed than I’ve been in years.

“You might have a wonderful dwelling; I wasn’t simply saying that.”

She friends round her with a smooth smile on her face as we solid our sneakers apart to enterprise onto the smooth sand.

“I journey the world, however there is no such thing as a different place I might quite be.”

“I want I may say the identical.”

Her smooth sigh alerts me that every one just isn’t properly with Melissa’s world.

“Why not?”

“As a result of house is the place my issues lie, I suppose.”

“Your mother?” I add and he or she nods, peering out on the ocean earlier than saying, “When my father was alive, we hardly noticed him. He was a commanding presence in our lives, however I doubt any of us ever actually knew him as an individual.”

She gazes into my eyes and says sadly, “Dinner tonight with your loved ones jogged my memory of what I missed out on. My father’s place was at all times set, however he normally arrived on the finish of the meal. We have been made to remain whereas he completed his, despite the fact that we had already eaten. Dialog was well mannered and centered on us explaining what we had achieved that day.”

“He sounds boring as fuck.”

She laughs out loud. “I wouldn’t know. You see–” She stops and bites her lip, staring on the moon as she whispers, “I by no means actually knew him. I didn’t know what his favourite band was, or if he even had one. His favourite colour, his most treasured childhood reminiscence, or his one remorse.”

I pull her down beside me on the sand and switch her face to mine and love how smooth she is as I maintain one thing so delicate in my tough arms.

I whisper. “I don’t have a favourite band, however I like all types of rock music.”

Her eyes dance with mischief. “I figured as a lot.”

“My favourite colour is turquoise, the colour of the ocean that surrounds this place, though I’m beginning to change my thoughts about that, as my choice is now inexperienced.”

She blinks as I stare into her eyes and whisper, “My most treasured childhood reminiscence is when my father introduced dwelling a canine for my birthday. His identify was Storm, and he was dedicated to me. My one remorse is that my mother died, and I wasn’t round to guard her.”

The tears slide from her eyes, and as I wipe them away, she whispers, “My favourite band is Coldplay and the colour is yellow. My most treasured reminiscence is when my dad and mom got here to observe me dance the lead in the highschool ballet as a result of it was the primary and solely time my father made it. My one remorse is that I by no means met you sooner as a result of I really feel cheated out of the hours of my life that I didn’t get to spend with you.”

I’m surprised into silence as a result of her phrases ought to have me working. Shut down no matter that is between us and produce me again on monitor. I’m shocked they’ve the alternative impact and my coronary heart swells with one thing alien to me. Is that this happiness? Do her phrases actually imply that a lot to me and so I whisper in opposition to her lips, “So now we all know each other higher than you ever knew your father. We could have no regrets.”

I kiss her reply away and maintain her in my arms like the delicate flower that Aphrodite grew from magnificence. The noise of the waves crashing to the shore and the thump of my coronary heart are the one sounds in an in any other case nonetheless night time.

The moonlight catches the glint in her eyes as we make out like highschool children and as I lean again and drag her all the way down to lie on my chest, I wouldn’t wish to be anyplace else on this planet.

CHAPTER 45

MELISSA

That is good. He’s good, and this second is totally good.

There may be a simple ambiance between us, snug even, which surprises me. It’s not about intercourse, lust, and gratification this time. It’s about attending to know the individual my coronary heart beats somewhat quicker for.

“What occurred to Phoebe?”

I’m curious and hope he doesn’t thoughts me asking, and he sighs.

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