22
Astor
The Aegean Sea sparkled in the afternoon sun as I looked out the window of my office in Athens. Galen sat on the sofa, sipping ouzo.
“I’m sorry it’s taken me so long to catch up to ya, Astor. It’s been six months since I said goodbye to ya at the dock. Tell me how things have been goin’, friend.”
I couldn’t pull my eyes off the blue water. “I can’t lie. The first few months were horrible. I thought I could get back to work and put Nova out of my mind.”
“So, she’s stuck there, huh?” he asked me.
I turned to see a smile on his face. “Have you spoken to her? Has she missed me?”
“I haven’t been back there yet. My plan is to go on the first day of May.” He took a tiny sip of the drink.
I wanted to know as much as I could about Nova and what she’d been doing. “Is Camilla still t
