 Occasionally the boy will ask why they come here, to this exact stretch of sand, every day. She’ll say, “just because” or “isn’t it beautiful” or “why do you think?” But she is really just waiting for her lover, the man, the father who named this as the spot to which he’d return. So, the boy plays and she watches the waves…
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 image credit: E. R. Vian, free use license under CC BY 4.0 Of course, she couldn't possibly remember that kiss, at that age, from that man, could she?
 image credit: m. r. vian, free use license under CC BY 4.0 Jealousy can bloom right alongside desire and often does it with cruel irony. Gigi took this way home trying hard to avoid seeing her at all, much less like this. Did he know what she knew?
 image credit: m. r. vian, free use license under CC BY 4.0 He’d need time and some space to process this new demand. Her family had the money and she ran the show, but he was the one who made magic. She knew it—knew he was why patrons came in droves. The ultimatum was just the old world judging the new. He did love her, but not how they expected. How much of himself could he keep secret just to keep the money flowing?
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