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he
drove. With a sigh he turned back to Terra and held her hand in his
lap. He moved closer to her, their legs pressed together, and
leaned close to her face. He talked softly but clearly, choosing
his words carefully. “I try to explain. As I best can.” He paused,
gathering courage. Terra’s heart beat so hard she thought she might
have a panic attack.
    He looked into her eyes. “When I first
see you, last year, at the diving class. I feel something.
Immediately. The second I see… the second I look at you.” He seemed
frustrated as he struggled with the words. “Like a bolt. See, I
only know the love of family. I have been close with others, but I
never feel—I never feel—like when I see you. And that was just
beginning. I never knew what it was like to really be alive until I
see you. But you don’t live here. It—what’s the word? Selfish. Yes.
You’re going to medical school. I have no right to ask you not to
live your dream. There is a saying. What is it? If you really care
about someone, you must let go. Set them free. Let them go.
Something.” His clear green eyes misted over. “I try. I try to let
go. To let you go. To live your dreams. I just…” A single tear,
like a big orb, pushed out of his eye and rolled down his cheek. He
quickly brushed it away. Embarrassed, he turned and looked back out
the window.
    Terra reached out and took his face,
turning it back toward her. She rubbed another tear away with her
thumb. She felt one of her own tears roll down her cheek. “There’s
no one else?” she asked him in a whisper. He shook his head. “Not
since I first see you,” he whispered back. She took his face in
both her hands and kissed him, running her hands through his hair
as their hot tears blended together.

Chapter 4
    The
cab would only take them to the old gate on the dirt road. After
bouncing along for the last two miles, the driver protested,
insisting he wouldn’t go any further. Nik grabbed Terra’s backpack
and hoisted it, adjusting the straps for his height. Terra took her
shoulder bag and they set out on foot.
    Making their way down the trail, they
didn’t say much, just held hands as they walked. Once, Nik stopped
and pulled her close, kissing her. “I just had to make sure you are
real,” he said afterward, as if afraid he was going to wake up from
a dream. Terra knew the feeling.
    It was early evening when they came to
the ledge that overlooked the bay. Terra stopped, struck again by
its beauty. She remembered everything about it. The azure blue of
the water, the crisp, salty smell of the air, and the bright white
of the sand—she’d pictured it in her mind for the last year,
keeping it alive. Still, she felt as if she was seeing it all for
the first time.
    The sun was close to setting, bathing
the bay in brilliant, colorful hues. The white cliffs dropped
majestically into the water. Large, colorful birds drifted off the
cliffs on currents of air.
    As Nik led Terra down the embankment
toward the beach, he pointed out the progress they’d made on the
dive sanctuary. There were a number of building sites tucked along
the cliff line, each made to blend into the landscape. She
recognized everything from his drawings. The boat dock had been
extended. There was now a second boat, with a blue sail wrapped to
its shaft, in addition to his sailboat.
    He pointed to the buildings. “One is
classrooms and offices, and one is research labs. That one is for
equipment storage. The other one is for housing. Already people
living there. You’ll meet them.”
    Terra saw another small building site.
“What’s that?” she asked. “I don’t know yet,” he said, squinting
his eyes. “I wait to see what else we need.”
    They made it to the sand. Terra took
her shoes off. The warm sand felt like fine sugar as it seeped
between her toes. She felt an immediate sense of peace and
serenity. She remembered the feeling from last time—the sense that
this was a magical place, like a place out