CHAPTER 98

sunset dreams

Pov: Winston

We took a walk down the private beach behind the beach house that day. It was the first time since we arrived here that she agreed to step out of the house and into the sun. The sand was hot between our toes and the sun warmed our backs as we talked and laughed and soaked in the sun.

Most of her scars and bruises were gone and she had dared to wear a skimpy two piece bikini and a large pink kimono trailed behind her.

We were holding hands and I was just happy to see her smiling, the wind blowing in her hair, her rose coloured cheeks. She had started eating and talking more and even poking fun at me again abd some of the Maddie I used to know no longer made fleeting appearances. They were now here to stay. I was happy she was getting back to her original self.

She had opened up about how she really felt and we had filed a police report when she was still bed ridden and now, she was more intent than ever in following through with the divorce.

The sun had set n