CHAPTER 77

'It's beautiful here,' she said as she hugged my arm like a teddy bear. We sat on the sand and watched the small waves crash on the shore. The evening sun made the sky look like a perfect work of art with orange painted all around it. The wind was blowing calmly on our skin. 'Ethan? Ethan Hollen is that you?' I heard a voice asking from behind us. We turned around to see a tall, medium built woman with tanned skin and long dark brown hair and brown eyes, making her way over to us. I stood, trying to place her face. She looked familiar. 'It's me, Stacy Westbrook. From high school.' 'Oh my God, Stacy? Is that really you? Wow, it's been forever,' I said and hugged her. She looked so different, much more beautiful than she did back in high school. 'How are you?' she asked, wrapping her arms around my waist. 'I've been excellent.' 'I see you're still handsome as ever. Wow. It's been ages for sure.' 'Ah Stacey, don't make me blush.' 'It's been like nine years Ethan. And we're bein