After he announced that he disowned his family already, Omar gave me the ledger and I stared at it for a moment. How something like a ledger could ruined my belief in true love and second chances?

I woke up early because Samer promised to send a boat to Isla Blanca in the morning to take me home. I secured the ledger inside the backpack before I went out of the house. It was a quarter before in the morning, and I glanced at the villa for the last time, and walked away without looking back.

Omar would be surprised at my disappearance, but I decided that there was no...