He Said Wait, I Said Goodbye Chapter 16

He Said Wait, I Said Goodbye Chapter 16

Another winter.

Ethan took me skiing in Vermont.

On the peak, white everywhere.

I touched my left leg, instinctively. Better now, but extreme cold still ached.

Ethan crouched, checked my bindings. Stood, tucked my hand in his pocket.

“Scared?”

“No.”

“Why?”

“Because I know.” I smiled at him. “This time, if there’s an avalanche, you’ll be buried with me.”

He blinked.

Then kissed me hard. On a 10,000-foot mountain. Snow swirling.

We kissed.

“No.” He pulled back, forehead against mine. Voice solemn as a vow. “I’ll carry you out. And if I can’t?”

“We go together.”

“But until the last second, I’m holding your hand.”

Wind screamed.

But I heard flowers blooming.

Spring.

In my heart, forever.

(The End)