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My wish was over. My hope for a new love was over. I glanced back up at the cruise ship, hoping, and not hoping, to see Alejandro one last time. He wasn’t there, which made me both happy and devastated all over again. I thought about my choice one last time. As much as I loved Alejandro, I felt deep in my gut that I was making the right decision for both of us. And even though my heart ached so badly I thought it might burst, I didn’t need a great love in my life.
I pulled my gaze from the ship and looked at the widows beside me.
I already had three. And they were more than I would ever need.
They stood staring at me, smiling and waiting for me to kick off our next big adventure. With an answering grin, I stuck my hand in the basket and pulled out the little piece of paper.
“Marge,” I read the name written on the outside.
“Aw, yeah!” She raised her hands above her head and shimmied her hips. “Get ready, ladies. This is gonna be awesome!”
Sylvie crossed her fingers. “Please don’t it be something crazy like running with the bulls.”
Doris pressed her hands together. “Oh, yes. Please, Lord Jesus Christ. No running with the bulls again.”
“It’s not,” Marge answered, but the glimmer in her eye and the smirk on her face told me it may not be running with the bulls this time, but we weren’t gonna be knitting.
Carefully, I opened the card, and my eyes bulged when I read it.
“Really, Marge? Areallyour wishes about animals trying to kill us?”
She just grinned.
Sylvie shot forward. “What? Oh, God. Now what is trying to kill us? How bad is it?”
“Well, that depends,” I answered.
“On what?” Doris asked.
“On if you’re scared of sharks,” I answered, looking at Doris, then turning the paper around to show the words “Cage diving with sharks” to the ladies.
“Noooooooooo!” Sylvie shrieked, drawing out the “O” so long I worried she’d pass out. But it was Doris who almost went ass over teakettle as she screamed so loudly she nearly ruptured my eardrums.
Marge tossed an arm around the shoulder of the shrieking ladies beside her. “Get ready, ladies. This is gonna be awesome.”
MARGE
