Chapter 45

“You saved my life there. No, not just my life.”

“No, they wanted to hear you, I just...scared the big guy a bit.”

Callum turned to him and said “You know...I sometimes feel like there are two of you.”

“I could say the same.”

“No, no Oliver. I am what you see. That’s what has always been the issue with me. But you...I realize now why Charles entrusted you with...errands, as you call them. I only hope he doesn’t regret giving you off.”

“He doesn’t.”

Something passed between them in the look they exchanged and Callum turned to face the water.

“I need to apologize to you.”

The beach was completely empty. It was late afternoon, the hour and time of the year too inappropriate for walks by the cold sea.

Callum’s eyes were mirroring the color of the gray horizon