ROBYN
“So, have you two talked?”
Gio finally woke up early in the morning while Spade was donating a bag of blood. He was still weak. Without any complications, he would be back on his feet in a few weeks.
“We did,” Piper said. I expected a little enthusiasm and more details than two words, but that was all I got. Instead, she picked up some small rocks from the shore and threw them into the sea.
“What’s wrong, Pip?”
“Nothing.” She walked to the water, wetting her feet.
It was early in the morning. The sun just rose. The sunrise was spectacular to watch. Its orange-yellow glow cast down the calming sea over the horizon, a reminder of what life was supposed to be. Sometimes, life was easy. Sometimes, it was hard.
“I don’t buy it.” I took off my flip flops, left them on the shore,
