CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR
Infinite Tomorrow
The beach house deck overlooked an endless stretch of ocean that shimmered under the late summer sun. Seven sisters stood side by side at the railing, wind tugging at their hair of every shade…dark, lighter, auburn, chestnut, silver-blonde…while waves rolled in with a steady, soothing rhythm.
Months had passed since they left the mountain cabin, yet the feeling of home had simply expanded rather than diminished.
The coastal air carried salt and freedom, and every sunrise here felt like another line added to their ever-growing clean page.
Elena rested her forearms on the weathered wood, watching a pod of dolphins arc through the distant waves. “I used to think freedom would feel like running until we couldn’t run anymore.
Now it feels like standi
