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I make a contorted face at her.
She laughs and turns her attention to a lone dolphin approaching us, stopping less than ten feet away.
“Oh, wow, look!” she squeals. “They’re coming.”
“Point and shoot. Don’t miss anything.”
“Oh myGod.” I think she might be crying. “This is so cool.”
The guys on the boat are prepped and ready. She doesn’t know it yet, but I want everything recorded.
Not for her followers this time.
For me.
For us.
I want to show this video to our kids someday.
“The perfect ending to a perfect week,” she murmurs, ending her video with a panned shot of the dolphin before she tucks her phone back in her waterproof grip. “Shepherd, holy crap. I can’t believe we’re doing this.”
Surprisingly, the dolphin isn’t done. It comes closer and Destiny makes first contact, gently trailing her hand across its back.
Her other hand is cupped over her mouth.
Shit, I didn’t plan this part.
Not that it matters, I’m not having my thunder stolen away by Flipper the nosy-ass dolphin.
“Holy hell,” she whispers. “Are you getting this?”
“Every second,” I tell her, holding up my camera.
“This is just surreal,” she whispers, grinning.
I wonder what she’ll say a minute later when she's living a fairy tale.
The dolphin chirps then and we both duck underwater.
I slip on my goggles, watching as she dips under to marvel at the sight.
Dolphins and brightly colored fish dart past, and below, on the seabed, there’s an explosion of life. Coral, seaweed, crawling crabs and shimmering fish and so many different colors it would take a year to describe them.
Another dolphin swims up behind me, bumping right into me.
I’m pretty sure it laughs—if dolphins can laugh. Cheeky little punk.
Destiny is giddy.
Yeah, fuck it, so am I.
The perfect moment. The perfect day. The perfect everything.
What better way to start forever?
When we surface, she’s laughing so hard her face turns bright red, and I pull her against me. She wraps her arms around my neck.
“Thank you. This entire week has been incredible, but today was the best by far.”
