CHAPTER 8
ZACH
Let’s surf at Seagrass, Kai had said. It’ll be chill, Kai had said.
He’d f*****g lied, hadn’t he?
First, Khloe, Alys, and Stacey had shown up, as they had every single day since school broke for the summer. At first, having fans had been an ego boost, but the novelty had soon worn off. Now, Zach found the attention tiring. Surfing was freedom, always had been, but ever since he’d joined the World Surf Tour, a part of that freedom had been exchanged for money and fame. The money was nice, but the fame? Not so much.
It’s not forever. That’s what he kept telling himself. He just had to play the game for a few more years, make enough cash to fund an early retirement for himself and Maya, then fade away into obscurity again. Of course, nobody apart from Kai and Tyler knew th
