“Right now,” she said, “I want to walk you back down the path so your mother doesn’t worry.”
She sat on a flat stone and waited. For what, she didn’t know. Perhaps for the tide to rise high enough to kiss her boots. Perhaps for the answer she’d never found in books. -18 - Q -Desire-
The question hung in the salt air, simple and devastating. “Right now,” she said, “I want to walk
But now, at the edge, she felt a new desire. Not for youth or love or escape. Something stranger. ” she said