Chapter 29Selene was waiting for Eileen at the airport when she found the note. She’d gone into her purse hoping for some gum because the lunch that she’d bought on the plane was not working for her. She dreaded another repeat of her performance in this airport. It was even the same exit gate as before, when she’d slipped back out and nearly crashed into Gil.
Her heart pounded. Then it felt as if it sunk to the floor. Gil, Gil, Gil. It was like the roll of the waves. It was the sound of her name. Gilberte. Gil, Gil, Gil. Gilberte.
Then, as she read the poem that Gil had clearly tucked away in her purse, while she was sleeping, her name became the thudding of her own heart in her ears again, reminding her of all she’d left behind.
I have been told
By the most beautiful woman
On the sho
