Love and the Sea and Everything in Between

chapter twenty-four

Once I'm back at the school, the weeks pass by in a fragmented blur. The days are marked by empty chairs beside me in class, an absent Liz, and re-runs of The Walking Dead.

I feel empty.

I feel numb.

I feel guilty.

I try to forget about Alexis, but I can't. I feel like I've somehow betrayed Liz.

An endless cycle of torment, that feeling – that guilt – forces me to keep remembering Liz, every hour of every day. I can't escape the thought of her. She consumes me as the sea consumes the earth. She has brought me to her deep and treacherous depths and I can't escape her.

I see her eyes in the stars and I hear her heartbeat in the wind.

How could I ever forget?

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