Chapter 127

Will

I'd never experienced this sort of freedom before, maybe when I was a kid but even then nothing but money and fame surrounded me. Angelica Greene, the girl who had destroyed my heart, crushed my soul, made me a shell of a human, had breathed life back into me.

And yet, it wasn't just her.

It was the realization that every road I'd taken had been because of her, and had been wrong.

It's easy to lose yourself in someone you love.

Easier still, to lose yourself in someone you hate.

I pulled the blanket tighter around my body and searched frantically for the one and only girl I wanted in my arms.

Zane was currently handing her another blanket and exchanging the wet towel for another dry one.

The lightness in my chest only grew when I locked eyes with Ang from across the beach, her smile was bright - free.

I started walking.

And then walking turned into a slow jog.

Until I was sprinting toward her.

And lifting her into my arms, twirling her around, and crushing my mouth a