Chapter 6. Forbidden

Author’s POV

Jake was the most clueless guy out there. He had no idea what was going on in a girl’s mind, though he was ready to fight the world for her sake.

He wasn’t very keen on show business. It was Lea’s encouragement that pushed him on. When they went riding their bicycles up on the mountain tracks, Lea would often stare at the valley spread in front and wonder aloud how wonderful it must be to be a bird.

“Why would you want to be a bird? They are so fragile and easy to smash. Like you! Jake would shove her and joke, You should want to be something like an elephant or a lion.”

Lea would watch him and smile slightly.

She would toss him the apple that she was carrying, and as he munched on it, she would say, “I don’t need to be a lion or an elephant, silly. You will always be there with me. Protecting me. I just want to be a bird that can roam freely. I want to travel the world without any boundaries. I want to see new cities and visit new p