“I like extreme sports. It’s a way I have of connecting with my father.” He said. I gently straightened up, all ears. A whole range of emotions passed through his grey eyes. Difficult to know what was going on inside this beautiful head, so much he made sure he stayed in control of everything. “My father died when I was five years old in an accident. He was climbing a glacier and he had a bad fall.”
“Oh… I’m sorry…”
“Don’t be, I know that right up to the last moment he made the most of every second. I know he died doing what he liked, he was a free man.”
Was this why Austin was always pushing the boundaries of success a little further? For a moment, my heart tightened and a strange feeling came over me. It was like I could feel what he was feeling. And then it dawned on me. Ja
