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Since the night my father left me on this island, the only time I've stepped foot in the kitchen is when Lucas has asked me to try one platter or other. Not that I’m complaining but my husband loves cooking and now that he has a family to enjoy it, he pampers us all.
Even today, five years later, I’m still in awe at how much my life has changed. If I had to plan my life around what others always wanted me to do, I would be in law school back in Chicago living a life of school, home, and nothing more. My father was so intent on protecting me from the ugly world he saw day in and day out that he forgot to show me the world beyond his small box, to show me the world full of color and love.
Not Lucas. He’s shown me endless amounts of love and what life can be when there are no towers to be hidden away in.
He helps me to my feet and we link our arms as the kids run ahead. “How’s school going?”
“If you could stop putting babies in me, maybe I would be able to put my ‘almost’ degree to work.”
I’m a year away from getting my degree as an oceanographer and I plan on using it to teach our children about the water and world around them.
“Stop spreading your legs.”
We share a laugh knowing neither is ever an option. A large family in our paradise in the middle of the beautiful ocean is a dream I never knew I had and one I could never live without now. And that pesky idea that we’re supposed to be enemies only makes my nights with my mafia pirate all the more fun. Trust me.
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