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I opened the paper, and my mouth dropped open when I read the words.
“Marge!” I screamed.
“Oh, God. It’s fighting tigers, isn’t it?” Alice groaned.
Doris’s face dropped. “Oh no, Marge. What did you do? What does it say?”
I stared at Marge, mouth pursed tight, eyes wide while I watched as she leaped around, whooping and cheering.
Tom leaned over my shoulder and read it, then burst into laughter. “Nice one, Marge! Mad props!”
She pointed at him and smiled. “You get it!”
“I get it.” He gave her an air fist pump.
“What is it? Tell me! I’m dying!” Alice demanded.
I inhaled a breath and spun the piece of paper around to show them the horrifying words.
Go skydiving.
“Nooooooooooo!” Alice’s guttural scream ripped out of her lungs, and Doris joined her in an ear-piercing pitch inviting every bat in a ten-mile radius to join us.
“Yesssssssss!” Marge shouted back, then tipped her head back and let out a maniacal laugh every supervillain would be green with envy over.
After her scream finally petered out, Doris crossed her arms and pouted. “You said nothing that would be scary and almost kill us!”
“I said noanimalsare going to try to kill us. No animals in skydiving.”
Alice pointed her finger at her. “Unless you screw it up ...again ...and we drop somewhere in the jungle and get lost ...again.Then wewillbe fighting tigers.”
Tom lifted his hand. “Don’t worry, ladies. I’ve jumped countless times. I’ll give you all the tips before you head out on your next adventure together. And if you do get dropped in the jungle, I’ve got lots of experience in the jungle. I’ll come get you out.”
“Me too,” Axel said. “I mean, I don’t have the jungle experience he has, but I can handle wild animals no problem, and I’ll be right there with Tom searching the jungle to get my girl.”
“I’ve got lots of experience with cougars,” Roxie joked. “I’ll help.”
“I’ve got a bit of cougar experience myself.” Alejandro waggled his eyebrows and looked down at Alice. “Don’t worry, Cariño. If you land in the jungle, I’ll find you. I’ll always find you.”
“Thanks, love.” She gave him a kiss, then spun and impaled Marge with a glare. “I’m still gonna kill you, though.”
“A wish is a wish,” Marge said, coming back and picking up her margarita glass. “And my wish is that we’re going skydiving. Are you girls really gonna pansy out and make me go solo?”
I couldn’t believe I was saying it, but I let out a sigh and lifted my glass. “Okay. Fine. I’m in.”
Tom squeezed my shoulder. “That’s my girl.”
Axel gave Doris a nudge. “Show them how tough my little cowgirl is.”
Doris pinched her lips and then picked up her glass. “Okay. I’ll do it.”
We all looked to Alice. She sighed and grabbed her glass. “Fine. I’ll do it. But if my chute doesn’t open and I die, I’m haunting all of you.”
Marge whispered a silent thank you up into the air. “Then it’s set! We are going skydiving. This is gonna be one hell of a way to kick off our wishes, ladies. Here’s to our next adventure.”
We all lifted our glasses and held them out.
“Here’s to the Wilder Widows and our happily ever afters,” I said, looking at the faces of the people we all loved so much ... our happily ever afters.
“No,” Alice said. “Here’s to ourwilderever afters.”
My eyes lit up. “Yes. I like that.”
They grinned, and we clinked our glasses together. “To wilder ever after!”
