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As the waves raced over ed for them to take away my anxiety and fears

I stayed in the water for ten ed, I turned toward the shore and saw Da my ith a towel in his hands I raised an eyebrow of curiosity as he grew nearby

“Do you do this every night?” he asked me “Walk into the water?”

“Yes It’s kind of ”

The corner of his lip twitched, and he stared down at the towel, then held it out toward ured you could use a towel” I thanked hi so else was on his mind

“What is it?”

“Nothing, it’s just… I wasn’t certain if ere supposed to do this or not Then it was skipped over at the cere with a huge black crystal sitting at the center I gasped when I saw it He frowned “I picked it up earlier this week I wasn’t sure if I was supposed to give it to you or not, so… here” He shoved it into my hand and turned to walk away quickly

I couldn’t help but smile at his nerves It appeared I wasn’t the only one overthinking things

“Damian, wait!” I called out

He looked back at rumpy expression I nodded toward him “Thank you for this And the towel I’ll be honest, it feels like we are kids playing house a bit”

“I’ve played house my whole life, in different scenarios”

“In the foster system?” I asked He nodded “How many homes have you been a part of, if I may ask?”

“Too many to count”

That ine what that was like for him If I didn’t have Kevin to take me in after my mother passed away, I could have ended up in the same type of situation Theto understand the hardened hummus