’I’m undeserving of you. Goodbye, my dearest Linnie, my one and only.’

Jeremy looked at Madeline for one last time and silently turned around.

Tears welled from deep inside, streaming down his cheeks.

He knew that it was all his own doing. He could not blame anyone but himself.

‘My heart hurts so much. It feels like I can’t breathe.’

As the ship got closer, the intensity of the sea breeze increased.

The wind messed up Madeline's hair. She tried to tidy her hair and caught a glimpse of Jere