Harbor Master

He finds me curled up and shivering in a rowboat after a summer storm.

The harbor master saves me… whoever I am.

Nudged awake in a tangle of fishing nets, I have no idea how I got here. I don’t recognize this beachside town, or the soaked dress I’m wearing. I don’t remember my own freaking name.

Panic rises. It would swallow me whole, except for this stern older man with his steady gaze. As long as his eyes are on me… I can breathe. I’m okay.

And he’s protective. He says he’ll keep me safe until I remember everything.

But the longer this man takes care of me… the more I taste this sweet new life…

The more I want to stay lost.