“Shea,” I started again. My voice cracked, wavered. “You are every dream I didn’t know I had, and every future I never knew I wanted, come true. I didn’t know it was possible to be this happy, or to love life this fully. Loving you has changed everything. Now, my future is yours, and my hopes and dreams are tied tight to your hopes and dreams.” My hand fumbled in my pocket for Shea’s ring. I’d kept it in the pocket of my shirt right over my heart, keeping it warm for him, and I held it at the tip of his ring finger. A sunbeam caught the diamond and fractured, scattering rainbows across the
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