AllFreeNovel
Share Us
“Yes. I think we all need a break.”
“So, I will have to share you with our families the entire time?”
“No, sweetheart, I have something special just for us.”
I got excited immediately.
Samuel got everyone on a conference call that evening and explained the trip to them; my parents, my sisters, and brothers, his mother and sister and Roc and Coco. Everyone agreed to leave in three days.
Samuel
I senta limo bus to pick everyone up and take them to the airstrip in Wentzville. My plane was just large enough to fit everyone, but I chartered a larger one so we wouldn’t have to worry about baggage weight. We loaded onto the plane and found our seats.
“This is a mighty nice jet, Samuel,” Mr. Patterson complimented.
“Thank you, Sir. It’s not mine. The one I have is smaller, but I wanted everyone to be comfortable.”
“We appreciate it. My wife hasn’t stopped smiling since we found out about this trip.”
“It’s well overdue, Sir.”
“It is.”
We had an early start, so most of us went to sleep until it was time to eat lunch. After lunch, we flew for about four more hours then finally touched down at our destination. I’d gotten permission from the Bluettes to use their private island for the week. The island had one large house and three smaller houses. It came complete with a staff for the houses and a skipper for the boat that would take us back and forth to the main island.
The staff leader gave everyone their room assignment. Averie and I had one of the smaller houses on the end of the island to ourselves. Roc and Coco stayed in one house and my mother and sister stayed in the other smaller house. Averie’s family stayed in the largest house where we would all have meals together.
“Do you like the house?”
I asked after I found Averie standing on the balcony of the bedroom looking out at the ocean.
“It’s beautiful, baby.” I stood behind her and wrapped my arms around her waist. “I was just thinking, I honestly don’t know the last time I saw the ocean. I mean, I’ve looked out the window of an airplane and saw it, but I mean actually took time to pause and see it, smell it and feel it. Thank you for planning all of this.”
“It’s my pleasure, Vee. You know I would do anything for you, right?”
“Yes,” she turned around in my arms. “I would do anything for you, too.”
“Really?” I raised one eyebrow.
She examined my facial expression.
“Yes?”
“Good, come with me,” I grabbed her hand and started to walk towards the door.
“Wait, El,” she laughed. “I mean almost anything. Where are you taking me?”
“No, you said, “anything.” You can’t take that back.”
* * *
“El,”she said as she looked over the platform to the seventy-five-foot drop. “I’m not doing this.”
The safety director at the bungee jump location was checking my harnesses.
“You said you would do anything.”
“No, I said anything for you! Not anything.”
