Chapter 105: Max

Volume 3: Just Casual

Wednesday. Luxe Ibiza Hostel, Cala Gració, Ibiza.

MAX TEMPLE STOOD AT the edge of a slope only he could see. He was so close to sliding down into the blackness that had once clouded his mind and pushed him to unrealistic standards. That same drive had chased away his light. He'd let down the person he loved the most in this world and lost her. He couldn't even blame her for leaving him.

His chest ached in that old, familiar way.

He would always miss her. That was a given. But he'd thought he'd reached a point of acceptance.

Max had been fine. Maybe not great, but he'd figured himself out.

Then he'd seen her.

Right here.

On these very steps.

Had she been standing in this exact spot?

The vision of her was burned into his memory for all time.