I Won a Five-Star Island Vacation

holding Leo’s hand.

He looked up at me.

“Are we done?”

I looked at the sky.

Ohio gray. Familiar. Ordinary.

“Yes,” I said. “We’re done.”

He smiled.

“Can we get fries?”

And just like that, life continued.

Not perfectly.

But ours.

Chapter 7: One Year Later

One year after the pool, Leo jumped into the ocean.

Not because anyone forced him.

Not because anyone called him continue reading …