That evening, I and Caleb had dinner outside, at one of our favourite local Chinese restaurants. It felt unreal to be out there without having to look over your shoulder at all times or have security surrounding you. Caleb was still stiff at the beginning of the evening, afraid of letting go and putting his guard down, of being reckless, but by the time we had dinner, he was done worrying too.
It had been a long time since we did this, and not just because of Chuck or Rebecca. It had been more than a year since we went out to even get dinner and just sat holding a normal conversation with smiles.
No doubt even a simple evening felt unreal at the end of it. It was when we were sitting on the rocks in the sand beach where we first kissed more than a week ago now that Caleb said, "It's an h
