The Man I Swore to Hate
And somewhere between the soft lamplight and the sound of waves crashing in the distance, I realized this wasn’t running away.
The chopper cut through the sky like a promise, loud, sleek, and untouchable. I sat beside him, headphones muffling the roar, but nothing could mute the thunder in my chest. Romero didn’t say much, just glanced at me every so often like he was making sure I was still real. Still his. We flew over ribbons of blue, endless ocean kissed by light, until finally, it appeared.
A private island. His island. I leaned toward the window, lips parting as a mansion came into view, nestled between cliffs and jungle, wrapped in glass and stone. Modern, isolated, a world untouched.
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