**Callan

Being so close to her in a moment like this was intoxicating. The smell of her citrus shampoo wafting on the wind off the water, the way the lights and stars swam in her eyes, the way she smiled up nervously as if she were taking a leap of faith.

The beach of Copacabana was full of people, some of them embracing, some of them laughing and dancing. None of them were paying us any mind. And since we were far away from the rest of our ...