Chapter 166

The sunset glowed warm and gentle. Harvey walked out holding a glass of water and a few pills in his palm. He approached Sebastian and lowered his voice. "Sebastian, time to take your meds." Sebastian sat there, still staring at the direction of the Vectis River Bridge. His gaze didn't waver, like he really believed that girl in a white dress-with a canvas strung on her back-might show up any second. Elaria, was it? Seeing him like this made something twist in Harvey's chest. He remembered the last time Sebastian was fully lucid. He'd said he wanted to live by the Vectis River riverside. He'd told his parents this is where he proposed to Elaria, where the sunsets blazed, where everything looked breathtakingly alive. He'd begged them to let him spend his remaining days there. Mrs. Richards had sobbed uncontrollably. Charles spent the night thinking. In the end, he gave in. Sebastian had lived too hard, too long. As parents, this was the least they could do. They sent Harvey, their most