Page 82 of This Is Love (The Light to My Darkness 3)

His fingers tightened around mine.

I exhaled slowly. Miles Young was holding my hand. It felt like I was dreaming, because I had dreamed of this exact moment for years. Miles Young is holding my hand!

Neither one of us said a word. We just looked at the stars in the sky.

Thank you, Sagitta.

"Summer?"

"Yes?"

"I like this."

I swallowed hard. "Me too." My life was complete. I could already picture the wedding. My dad would walk me down the aisle. Miles would wear a blue tie to match my bridesmaids' dresses. It would be the best day of my life. Besides for this one. It would definitely be hard to compete with this one.

"Maybe we could do this more often?" Miles said.

I nodded.

He squeezed my hand, hearing my nod even though he couldn't see it. Miles could read me much easier than I could read him. Maybe he knew I was in love with him for the past two years. I was glad he finally got hit by that arrow.

He really was perfect, because he never made me feel like I was one of the smallest constellations in the sky. That's how I knew it was true love. I stared up at Sagitta. Suddenly the sky turned red and blue.

Miles' hand fell from mine as he sat up. "What is that?" He looked out the window of the tree house. "Summer..."

His voice sounded strange. I sat up and looked out the window too.

There was a police car. The officer walked to my door and knocked. Why was he knocking on my door? Why was Julie's hand covering her mouth? Why did it look like he was trying to comfort her?

My feet started moving before my mind could even process what was happening.

"Summer!" Miles called after me as I climbed down the rickety ladder and started running back toward my house.

Once I was through the gate into my yard, I kicked off my bunny slippers so I could run even faster.

Julie turned toward me. The police officer turned toward me. And then I froze. Because he started walking toward me. He wasn't there to tell Julie something. He was there to tell me something.

The officer crouched down in front of me and I held my breath for one second.

"Your parents were in an accident."

For two seconds.

"We rushed them to the hospital."

For three seconds.

"I'm so sorry, Summer."

For four seconds.

"They didn't make it."

It took five seconds for me to realize that my whole world had suddenly changed. Five seconds to realize that my life was no longer complete. Five seconds to realize that everything was broken.

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