#Chapter 54-Home Sweet Home

Evelyn The first flight we take is the longer of the two. We make our way to the West Coast as I snuggle into Sebastian’s shoulder. “You’re a lot to handle,” I whisper. He breathes a laugh. “Well, I can’t argue with that.” Knowing we’re so close to Hawaii after so long away, I feel the air in my lungs growing steadily. I told Madelyn how being away from home was changing me. Yet, as we sit in the airport in California, waiting to fly again, the excitement builds inside of me. “I don’t know if I’ve ever seen you this thrilled.” Sebastian’s arm is wrapped around me, but his gaze falls to my eyes. “I thought you were happy to be in a new place.” “I was for a while,” I explain, smiling up at him. “I don’t know how to explain it, though.” He smirks. “Try me?” I sigh, leaning back onto his shoulder. “I knew myself in one single place. Hawaii is my bread and butter and what I’ve known all along.” He breathes out. “And?” “New York brought me closer to you. But it tau