It's hard.

Saying goodbye to people who had so warmly accepted you into their family is really not easy.

In the past few days I have forged a close bond with Peter, Perpetua treated me like her best friend, and Elena looked up to me so much. And Esau trusted me enough to know his family was safe around me. I am sure I will miss them wherever my journey takes me.

"Canada," Ralph informed me briefly when I asked where we were going next.

He had told me earlier that we were on our way to his hometown in Canada with his new yacht. And from the looks of...