Ethan Westerfield

Fantasy/Reality

PROLOGUE There they laid side by side, on some sandy beach in an unknown destination far away from the rest of the world. With not a cloud in sight, the sun hung overhead shining its scorching rays upon just the two of them. Light dazzled across the water as soft waves washed along the shore then bubbled back into the endless ocean only to return moments later. Gulls took to the air soaring through the clear blue sky without a sound. The stillness of the seaside was entrancing. At the heart of the boundless beachfront, a bold red umbrella shielded two cozy lounge chairs that rested atop the smooth golden sand. Untroubled by the failures of the past or the fortunes of the future, the chime of two champagne glasses echoed throughout the silence. There they laid side by side, just two unified souls under the sun.