As he sped along dirt roads and curvy, winding paths, Arturo filled them in on what happened while he was in town.

"I know EVERYONE in this town and they all told me about a strange man who came around asking for me."

Ashley could hear the adrenaline that still ripped through her veins, "Well, who the hell told him where to find you?!?"

"I’m not sure, but I can take a pretty good guess. It was probably this woman, Mariella who’s heart, I seem to have broken."

Ashley glared at him with fury in her eyes boring holes through the back of his skull. And then, rather suddenly, as if a wave of understanding washed over her face and drowned out the anger. She shrugged her shoulders and whispered almost to herself, "Hell hath no fury …"

"No shit, eh?" retorted Arturo.

They pulled up to a beach in a town called, Luquillo. The ocean was the clearest shade of blue any of them had ever seen. The three of them stepped outside of the car and one by one stood still once there eyes met with the magnificence of the ocean. The complete calm out there was overwhelming and all the could do was stand in awe.

"It’s amasing, no?"

Arturo shocked them all out of their collective daze.

Ashley and Aiden were immediately responsive to Arturo, either nodding their heads or whispering, "yesses". Ashley, however couldn’t help but notice that Spencer’s eyes had changed. It was almost as if the had grown darker, sadder. She touched her elbow in an attempt to get her back to Earth with her. Spencer acknowledged Ashley’s gentle tug and when she slowly turned around their eyes met for just a second. But, in that second again, Spencer was able to find comfort in the small brunette.

Ashley knew Spencer way more than she cared to admit. Although Ashley’s upbringing wasn’t completely as horrible as Spencer’s, feeling alone wasn’t totally lost on her. She knew what it was like and she made it a point to make that known to the blonde. After all, everyone’s felt helpless at least once in their lives, and Ashley had known that feeling virtually throughout her entire adolescence. It was probably why she was such an emotional cripple. She imagined Spencer had felt it too.