Details (Songs of Freedom Book 2) by Eve Holmes

Author:Eve Holmes [Holmes, Eve]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-08-24T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

I look out the window of our hotel room, over the palm trees and pools to the bright blue water of the ocean. Over the years, I had often found myself wishing I could see palm trees and clear turquoise waters, and never thought that would come true. I was going to be stuck in Lyons forever, under my dad’s control. And now, here I am standing in this fancy hotel with multiple pools, 5-star restaurants and a private beach. But I can’t enjoy any of it. Because the price I’m paying for this experience is starting to eat my fucking soul.

I startle when I feel hands on my waist, so lost to my head that I didn’t even hear Ezra come up behind me.

“Sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you,” he says quietly as he wraps his arms around my waist and rests his chin on my shoulder.

I shake my head. “It’s ok, I was just…” I trail off, not even sure what I was doing. Just thinking, I guess.

“What’s on your mind?” He squeezes me a little tighter, and I bring my arms up to wrap around his.

“How this is my first time being at a beach.”

Ezra lifts his chin from my shoulder to look at me. “What?”

I shrug. “It’s not something I ever had the opportunity to do,” I say quietly. Even when we were in California, we didn’t get to go to the beach as we were so busy.

Ezra looks out the window again and then back to me with a smile. “Well, let’s go.”

I sigh and gaze into his sparkling eyes, the colour mimicking the ocean beyond the palm trees. Even with all this shit that is happening to us, he still radiates positivity and hopefulness. I love him for it, and I feel guilty that I can’t join him in that. “I don’t know… I don’t really feel like doing anything.”

He turns me around to face him. “We have a private section of the beach, it will be quiet. And it will just be us. Cal and Ollie are going golfing, they won’t be back for a few hours.” He grabs my hand and leads me over to the bed where I threw my bag. He opens it and digs around inside, pulling out my swim shorts. “Let’s go enjoy the water and sunshine, and we can talk about all of this if you want to. Ok?” He presses the shorts into my hands and gives me a hopeful look.

I nod, taking the shorts from him and he smiles widely. “Good.”

I can’t help but return his smile. Every time I am thrown into this deep, dark hole, where I feel trapped and helpless, it’s his bright smile and sparkling eyes that give me the strength to crawl out and keep going.

We get changed and head down to the beach, enjoying the quiet walk. It’s a high-end, private resort hotel, and I’m happy that no one here seems to care about us. We aren’t stopped once on the way down, and we are even able to go on our own without security.

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