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Leah’s excitement was palpable as we headed out of the airport It bubbled around her like a living, breathing thing as she took in every detail around us

"You know this is just the airport, right?" I asked, reaching out my hand for her backpack How funny that it had only been meant to last us the day trip in Istanbul and noas our sole piece of luggage for days

"But it’s Mykonos," she said, her s it overto ht until she’d taken

"Pink is definitely your color," she joked as we left the shade of the awning and stepped into the sunshine

"Only hed, the sound peeling away another one ofto have my soul bare After my confession on the plane, I felt like I’d already stripped

"Okay, so where are we going?" she asked as I led her through the parking lot

"Right about…" I pointed toward the usual place "There"

She looked froain as we ca to do with this?"

I squatted down in front of the left wheel and pulled out the key that had been taped there, dangling it froured we’d drive it?"

She crossed her arainst the silk of her shirt "You cannot steal someone’s car"

Oh, this was too love box open, and handed her the registration Without waiting for her to read, I started unzipping the top

"Wait…" She shook her head as I was finishing up "I don’t read Greek, but…that’s your name How is that your name?"

"Because I own it"

Her beautiful forehead puckered "I don’t understand"

"No, but you will," I promised as I motioned for her to climb in

Once she was buckled, I took off, my turns extra careful andthe side of the terraced hill, I kept near thein our direction

"Whoa," she said as we crested the first hill

"Yeah," I agreed The port was spread out beneath us, the waters of the Aegean the greenish blue I ainst the backdrop of the shoreline, the white houses, and that little wind next to Leah, her hair co in the breeze, and the top of the Jeep off, it was perfection

She turned in her seat, trying to keep the viee headed inland