Jace:
Calla and I spent the entire afternoon together. And somehow… It felt like no time had passed at all. We wandered through the festival until the sun disappeared beneath the Gulf, sharing food, talking about nothing and everything, laughing harder than either of us had in years. It was easy. Simple. Like breathing. Like two kids from Riverside had found each other again before life got complicated. For a few hours… The investigation didn't exist. Reve didn't exist. Her father didn't exist. It was just us.
The fireworks had barely faded from the sky when I felt the first raindrop hit my arm. Then another. The crowd collectively groaned. "Seriously?" Calla laughed, looking up at the clouds. Florida. Sunshine one minute. Monsoon the next. The wind picked up off the bay, carrying that u
