Chapter 19
Edwin’s dreams brought him to the ocean, emerald green waves crashing into a rocky shore and splashing over his feet. Edwin didn’t look around. He sat where he stood, letting the water pull at him, splash over his pants, coat his skin with a fine salty mist. The sky was bright, full of stars, even though a fat moon sat on the edge of the horizon. Cooper never dimmed the stars when the moon was full and yellow. The waves whispered to him in captive promises, and he knew none of this was his own creation.
This was an apology.
“You spoke to Hazel today,” Cooper said from behind him.
“Yes.”
“You could have just asked me. I would have told you everything.”
“Maybe.”
“But you were really looking for a way to get rid of me.”
“Something is holding you here, Cooper. Something you
