page26 (1/2)

“Thank you,” Jacqui said “I can’t wait to see everything!”

When she walked back into thefor her

“Would you like to take a walk and get dinner? I don’t know about you, but I’”

“Ditto,” Jacqui agreed

They left the rooreeted them by name and seated them immediately on the patio outside

Jacqui didn’t really notice the food, she was so busy taking in everything else Fro on the beach and see pal on the sand and playing in the water, and she couldn’t wait until she was one of them

At one point, Jacqui realized she was being terrible coized to Khizar

He laughed “Please, don’t apologize I’, I’m sorry I should have taken you down to the beach first I promise, as soon as we’re done with dinner, we’ll walk down there”

“In that case…” Jacqui set her fork down and patted her rinned at Khizar “I’m done”

He laughed again and Jacqui felt like she accoh so freely It was a nice sound, and one she wanted to hear more of

They skipped dessert, and decided to walk straight from the hotel patio down to the beach Jacqui stopped at the water’s edge and knelt down to trail her fingers in the water She ed at touching the ocean, so and far away from any place she’d ever been

Khizar let her take it in in silence, and when Jacqui reached for his hand, he wrapped his fingers around hers Jacqui tried not to think about what it would be like to have this all the ti to the waves, she hoped that maybe they could find a way

Chapter 7

Jacqui

With the time difference, Jacqui woke up well before sunrise She found Khizar in the kitchen attached to the suite, waiting for coffee to finish brewing When he saw her, he pulled anotherdown from the cabinet