Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter

642

I didn't stop running until I reached the Ferris wheel.

Since the park opened, it had become the spot-people called it "The Eye of

Seavora."

"Get me on it!" I said.

Apparently, my name carried enough weight to pause the whole ride. The gondola creaked as it started moving, lifting me up and away from everything.

below.

Down there, Wayne just stood, neck craned, his gaze locked on me as I climbed higher.

From the top, the park stretched out like a living postcard. Last time I was up here, Hayden was with me, fiddling with the lights after hours. We didn't just admire the view-we were in our own little bubble, drowning in the bliss of it all. The lights were just as beautiful now. But he wasn't here.

Except... no. He was here.

The lights earlier-it wasn't random. He was telling me something.

peak, everything spread out: the park, the glittering skyline of Seavora. But I

for him.

my voice ripped away by the wind. "If

air, the ring we picked out together catching the light." The ring? Still on my finger. The bracelet you gave me? Yeah, I'm wearing that too. The only

voice rang out, tangled with the flashing

again, cheering and screaming like this was part of the show. Guess the earlier chaos was old news-they were

unexpected spectacle now.

say life's full of curveballs, and when you can't

with it.

below figured that out. And maybe... so

***

cheers swelled as Wayne took a call. On the other end, a staffer reported that the guests demanding

back up at Keira, perched at the top of the Ferris wheel. His eyes flickered with something unreadable as he dialed another number. "Get

technical hiccup. But the so-called "accident" felt too precise, dredging up memories Hayden had hardwired into the system-memories that tied him to

emotions into the lights like a love letter. But a random

deeper, his phone buzzed again. His gaze was still locked on Keira when he

"Yes, Jace..."

at the park?" Jace's voice was

park. "But it's under control now." "Good," Jace