Dawn by McKayla Box

Chapter 44

I’m not sure how long I stand at the gate at the marina.

Eventually, I leave.

And I drive to the beach.

Our beach.

The fog is starting to burn off and the early morning surfers are out on the water. The sand is cold beneath my feet.

I sit and stare at the water.

He’s gone.

And I don’t know when I’ll see him again.

If I’ll ever see him again.

There’s a sharp pain in my gut that I can’t shake.

I want to cry, but the tears are long gone.

I keep thinking I’ll wake up and this will just have been a bad dream.

But I’m awake and this is all too real.

I look at the pier.

Our pier.

He told me to trust him.

That if I trusted him everything would be okay.

We’d jump together and we’d land together and we’d be okay.

Together.

But now?

My chest tightens.

Nothing is okay.

We’re not together.

And I’m alone.

The End