Chapter 16
San Francisco
Dusting her hands on her jeans, Marina stood in her vacant apartment at the crossroads between her old and new paths. She and Kai had been sorting and packing almost two decades worth of her life.
Once a grand Victorian home, the three-story house was divided into flats. Though the rooms were small, Marina had enjoyed the location near the Golden Gate Park, where she and the twins had spent countless afternoons. Here is where Heather and Ethan had gone to school. Marina would be leaving many good friends behind, but she was eager to begin a new chapter in Summer Beach. And all of her friends promised to visit her there.
“Isn’t it time for you to get ready?” Kai asked.
Marina hated putting on a suit again, but she had to meet her attorney, Yasmin, at the opposi
