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“I understand it’s the new fifty. Is it time to toss our gifts now, Mark?”
“Give it about ten more seconds.”
They counted down like schoolgirls, and then the packages began to rain. Below, her family’s reactions included surprise, delight, and joy, which shifted to confusion as the balloon started to rise.
Jake, her eldest, called, “Mom? Where are you going?”
“Iceland!”
Simultaneously, her four children shouted, “Iceland!”
Lucas added, “You can’t go to Iceland!”
“Sure I can,” Genevieve called back. “It’s my birthday, and I’ll fly if I want to.”
Helen shook her head. “You’re so lame, sister.”
But as they approached their landing zone and spied Gage Throckmorton casually leaning against his helicopter with his arms crossed, waiting for Genevieve, Helen said, “Never mind. I take it back.”
