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“And I can’t wait to help you two accomplish yours.”
“Here’s to the Wilder Widows.” Alice brought her martini glass in.
“To the Wilder Widows!” We clinked our glasses together, and I couldn’t wait to start the next leg of our journey.
DORIS
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
We waved goodbye tothe crew one last time, then grabbed our bags and started down the dock toward the waiting cab.
“What an adventure,” I said as I pulled my pink-wheeled suitcase behind me. “Wasn’t it an adventure? I can’t believe we did that. We swam withsharks!”
“And you and Margereallyswam with sharks.” Sylvie glanced over from beside me, lifting her brows. “You almost got eaten by sharks.”
I thought I’d known what fear was having El Diablo breathing down my neck in Barcelona last year, but that had been nothing compared to the terror I’d felt when I’d awakened in the water surrounded by sharks.
Pure. Panic.
I knew there was a God, and I always trusted him to keep me safe and guide me down the right path, but there’d been a moment as I’d floated there that I’d felt like he’d forgotten me completely. Why on Earth would he allow me to fall into such peril ... to be helpless and vulnerable while the thing that scared me most in the world surrounded me? I’d cursed him. Well, Icouldhave cursed at him in that moment, but of course, I hadn’t done it. As angry and scared as I’d been, after a few moments of blind panic and after Marge had slapped me silly, I’d succumbed to his will.
And in that moment, the safety I’d found in Marge’s arms comforted me. I’d realized the Lord had put me in that horrifying position to remind me that I had friends I could count on, no matter what, and that even when faced with my greatest fear, my friends and God would keep me safe.
And they had.
I’d emerged from that water like a new person. Suddenly, I’d felt like I could do anything. My trust in God and my friends was so absolute now that I’d been able to get right back in that water and face those sharks again. And what an experience it had opened up for me. A whole new world just below the surface of the sea that I’d been privileged enough to glimpse.
Beautiful. Life was just beautiful, and today I walked a little lighter after having conquered my greatest fear and lived to tell about it.
We got to the cab, and Sylvie turned to me while the driver grabbed our bags. “What do you think Axel is gonna say when you call him tonight and tell him what happened?”
I blew out a breath. “Oh, I think he’s gonna be shocked to hear what I did. He knows how scared I am of sharks. And then to find out I fell in with them?” I covered my mouth. “He’ll probably tip right over and faint like I did!”
“I still can’t believe your pansy ass fainted.” Marge chuckled. “One little shark jumping out of the water, and it’s lights out for Doris.”
“Did you see its teeth? I saw its teeth and those lifeless eyes,” I paused while I shivered, remembering the giant shark launching from the water and scaring the dickens out of me, “and it was just more than I could take. I opened my mouth to scream, and the next thing I know, I’m in the water with Marge.”
