Chapter 15
The fountains were the stars of Navo Square. After they got their ill of fountain magic, they were pumped to check out the next place. All of a sudden, the crowd watching a street show burst into cheers and claps. Evelyn spun around toward the noise, her eyes popping in surprise. She couldn’t help but think, is that Ava? Wasn’t she supposed to be back in Clusia? And if she’s here, could he be here too? Without realizing it, she swept her eyes over the people, hunting for that familiar face. When she didn’t spot him, she breathed a sigh of relief and smirked at herself, thinking. What am I doing? Shouldn’t I be over Caleb by now? Didn’t I say I was starting fresh?
“Evelyn, you okay? You know the girl everyone’s fussing over?” Aron caught Evelyn looking all sorts of shook and threw at glance at the actress who had folks swarming around her. A flicker of doubt crossed his mind when he saw her. He was wondering in his heart, Is that Caleb’s girlfriend?‘ Aron sneakily watched Evelyn whose mood seemed to plummet and figured he had some snooping to do about what went down with her in the past. If Evelyn was all mixed up with those folks. With that thought, Aron felt they should bail
“Nah. I don’t know her. Evelyn turned to look out the car window, the fans‘ cheering sounding far off. She stared at the new places flashing by, feeling her chest tighten up. It was like no matter how far she ran, Caleb’s shadow wouldn’t stop chasing
her
The sound of car horns was non–stop outside, but inside the car a pin drop could be heard. That was when Evelyn noticed that Aron had been quiet since they hit the road. She got her act together and glanced at Aron, who was all business driving. and said. “Sorry, where are we off to next, Aron?”
Aron looked at her, his gaze all gentle. “Ever heard of the Trevea Fountain?”
The wishing well?”
The Trevea Fountain was famous in Romaine–like, the biggest and prettiest one out there. Part of why Evelyn picked Romaine to live in was because of this famous fountain.
“Yep, people say if you make a wish there, really putting your heart into it, it’ll come true pretty quick.”
The Trevea Fountain sat right where three streets met up, showing off its fancy Baroque style. They got to the fountain just as the evening lights started blending with the twilight sky.
“This view beats a million words; our timing couldn’t be better.”
There was a sign pointing to a place where one could get coins nearby. Aron jogged over and came back with a shiny coin for Evelyn. He asked. “If you toss a coin over your shoulder into the fountain, legend has it you get three wishes. How bout trying it out?”
Evelyn took the coin and gazed up at the huge statue of the sea god, kinda puzzled “Aren’t you gonna make a wish?”
With a laugh, Aron ruffled her hair a bit, giving her a teasing look, “Didn’t you know? When a guy and a girl wish at the fountain together, it’s supposed to mean something special.
“Like what?”
about love that lasted forever”
Teeling a wave of awkwardness, Evelyn quickly waved her hands. Oh, I didn’t mean you know, not like that”
Aron just grinned and stepped to the side. I’m just playing. Your turn to make a wish.” Amused. Aron gestured for her to follow the example of other tourists.
Catching the hint, Evelyn closed her eyes, turned around, and held the com to her heart
There was this one rule about wishing here one of the wishes led to be coming back to Romaine, if not the other stuff a
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person wished for wouldn’t happen. Evelyn squeezed the coin, thinking hard about what else she wanted. She thought about someone who once made everything brighter for her, even though she was pretty beat up, that person still meant the world to her. Her coin plinked into the water, stirring up little ripples.
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