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Chapter Thirty-Five — Salt and Stars

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Chapter Thirty-Five — Salt and Stars

The ocean gave them everything they needed that day: cold waves to shock laughter out of tight chests, sun-warmed towels to collapse onto, and a horizon wide enough to make old fears feel small by comparison. It was like the sea itself whispered, See? There is more room than you think.

Lila claimed the sand like a queen building her first kingdom. She dragged Jack into the tide again and again until his jeans were soaked to the thighs, squealing each time he lifted her over a crashing wave, his deep laugh lost in the wind.

Elena watched them at first from her spot near the dunes, toes buried in the fine, damp sand, fingers curled around her journal though she hadn’t opened it yet. Once, she would have needed a dozen photos to prove this was real. Now, she pressed it into memory instead—the weight of the sun on her shoulders, the scent of salt tangled in her hair, the sound of Jack’s voice carrying over Lila’s giggles.

Once, she’d memorized the foot
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