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I destroyed it.
Money?
I could dump buckets of cash into the sea and not feel the burn.
Maybe Linda will cry.
No, she’ll definitely bawl. Crazy woman.
She loves me like a son. But eventually, I’ll be nothing but a memory.
She’s a competent woman and she’ll find work elsewhere. Probably with a boss who’ll appreciate her rather than arguing whenever she tries to talk sense into him.
That’s it.
That’s everyone who’d care.
I can go and no one would miss me.
Shanel’s face comes to mind.
Her soft brown cheeks.
Her curly hair.
Brown eyes.
Plump lips.
I throw the bottle of water over my shoulder and just dive for the beer.
As I sip, I think about her.
Is she still here?
Has she disappeared yet?
Gone to that other world?
The world she chose over me.
I wonder if she’ll make a new life there. Find a man. Marry him.
Damn.
I empty the beer and move for another one. It’s been three days since I’ve seen her. Each second has been torture. I’m running from my problems here in the middle of the ocean. I know that, but I can’t freaking stop.
It’s too much—the pain and the emptiness.
But I better get used to it.
It’s all I have left.
Unless I end it.
I brush the thought aside with less conviction than usual. Every day is a little bit harder. But I know this. I won’t watch her walk away.
The night I took her out on this yacht, I promised myself that I’d never see her back.
