Chapter 88

GIDEON

The jet wheels left the tarmac and disappeared into the clouds, and I stood there long after it had vanished from view.

The necklace still lingered in my hand, her warmth pressed into the velvet box, the scent of her skin faint on my fingers. I closed the lid slowly. Deliberately. A quiet finality. Something in me didn’t want to let go of the moment. It wasn’t just the departure. It was t