Prologue

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Few months ago.

Standing on the balcony of the second last floor of a hotel building in the city of Porto, Portugal, I spread my hands over the hand rail, and take a deep breath, soaking in the fresh cool air

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Standing on the balcony of the second last floor of a hotel building in the city of Porto, Portugal, I spread my hands over the hand rail, and take a deep breath, soaking in the fresh cool air. It's the last month of summer, so the weather is great, and I look at the ocean, the beach, and all the other amenities that this hotel has to offer from this view.

After three days of looking at this scene every morning and evening, i still can't get enough of it. The way the sun rises and sets, as if it's disappearing into the water, the boats and ships constantly navigating their way over the waves, and the constant mass of people, that seem to always be there on the beach as along as there is enough light in the day looking so untroubled and carefree is enthralling.

It's makes me feel like i'm looking at the world through a lens, like i'm on the outside looking in at something fascinating that i'm not a part off....and yet, i can't stop falling in love with the view.

I take a deep breath again as the sun sets, watching it disappear again into the water, leaving a bright ray of colors in it's wake. Soon, i feel the warmth from it leave my face, and the light breeze becoming more evident as it blows through my hair, and through the open space of my black short sleeved shirt, that has been worn with a few top buttons left undone, exposing some of my chest.

An ensemble of loud voices causes me to turn around and look back into the lounge of my hotel room, where the guys have just walked in, talking and laughing about something.

"Hey Aaron, you have got to hear this." someone says, and i start to walk back inside in room.

I notice my brother Marco is back from Aveiro, where he was attending his final business meeting, which is mainly the reason why we all came out here to Portugal in the first place.

He has a project in Aveiro, but my other brother Nick, and myself decided to tag along and take advantage of the opportunity to take a break from our busy work schedules back home and take a vacation, turning it into a guys trip.

So after two nights in Aveiro, we set up camp in the city of Porto, where our friends Chase and Angelo also joined us, and we have been here since.

It's been three days now.

And tonight is the last night.

Picking up my phone from the table, we head out of the room and go downstairs to one of the lower floors, where there is not only a bar and restaurant, but also a dance club with live music played every night. It's our go to place every evening.

As usual, we occupy a table with a great view of the rest of the place.

Naturally, we are all in a great mood, and tonight being the last night, Chase decides to leave our table and go with a with a woman he met the other day, and ran into again tonight. In no time, there are no where to be seen around, and seem to have disappeared off somewhere.

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