Scarlett POV
Life in A City had turned into pure s**t.
Every extra second I spent there felt like the air got thinner.
So I hustled hard and finally scored an overseas work trip.
Allen decided his current lab skills weren’t cutting it and wanted time abroad to level up.
Denise stuck me with the job of looking after him.
His going meant I got to go too.
I pushed him hard to sign up for that conference, and damn if it didn’t work.
The second the plane lifted off toward H Country, I pressed my face to the window.
Blue sky and fat white clouds right there, close enough to touch.
My whole body loosened up for the first time in months.
Something warm and almost guilty settled in my chest, as if I were stealing a luxury I hadn’t earned.
My hands wouldn’t stay still.
I kept to
