I Won a Five-Star Island Vacation

beside us. Palm trees leaned over the road. Sunlight flashed against the water like scattered coins.

Leo fell asleep against my shoulder.

I brushed his hair back and watched the island pass by.

For one fragile second, I let myself imagine what this trip could have been.

Just us.

A real family.

Leo building sandcastles. Ethan remembering how to laugh without continue reading …