Chapter 18
Day had faded to night, the sky the blackest ink lit up by a million shining stars. It was a view Marco had seen his entire life, but when he took the time to appreciate it, there was nothing quite as beautiful… except maybe for Aubrey.
Her eyes were like magnets to his own. Her blonde hair fluttered with the gentle ocean breeze, and her gaze focused on the night above. Marco smiled as Aubrey let out a serene sigh.
“I forgot how beautiful night can be,” she said.
“How can you forget something like that?”
“I guess at some point I stopped looking up.”
He hated to think she missed out on the simple beauties of life when she used to relish in everything from the sunrise to the wings of a butterfly.
“You don’t have nights like this in Boston,” he said. “All those city lights c
