Rekindle Moment

gged at her jeans, and the salty wind tangled her hair as if trying to pull her backward. Each st

ray morning haze. The town seemed to hold its breath, as if e

ready there wh

rp against the backdrop of churning waves and pale sky. For a moment, Joanne didn't move. She just watched him - watche

expression was unr

id I

ed at the corner of his

oser, but not too

firming they were alone. Then he looked back out towa

yebrow. "That s

shou

Joanne hesitated, then followed. The wind up here was colder, sharp

rubbed his hands together like he w

"it wasn't because I wanted to.

You said that before. Stil

nvolved with something I didn't understand. People I though

r w

hide," he said.

. "What does t

wasn't from here. They were from somewhere... older. My dad, he used to say there wer

ead between the lines. "Are you t

," he said.

ted fro

who want to rewrite the truth. From what

awl down her spine. "Y

o trust me when I say, I left to keep you

art skipped

at pocket and pulled out a small object - a t

It was warm, like it

Victoria," he said. "Anywher

needle pointed firmly north,

cking magnetic fields

like he'd lost his

are rules here. Old ones. And there are people who'd rather

the compass. "I

"But you need to kn

wa

ouldn't come back. A

ed slowl

, his voice tightening, "why I d

ath caught i

do you

with tears, but with the weight of something th

regnant, we

hit her li

oat closed. Her fingers clenched around t

es

y, and for a long time, he didn't spea

. a boy o

aid, her voice a

went still, the only movement

beautiful babies.

dn't

tly, her throat tightening around th

linked ha

er coming back. I kept thinking... maybe if you

re," he said fiercel

ut you weren't. And now... Lila is all I have le

and let out a breath like the

meet her,

now if I w

hers. "Then tell me

erything she had lost and everythi

he said. "No more riddles. No more

ut over the sea

at I'm going to tell you... will change everything y