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It isn’t very warm out, but I can feel the sun on in to decorate, but I a our focus there When the last tower is coest ander for a little while

"Are you pleased with our creation?" he asks

And I say, "Very"

We head to the water to wash off our hands Justin stares back at the beach, back at our castle, and seeood place

"What is it?" I ask

He looks at me, eyes so kind, and says, "Thank you"

I am sure he has said these tords to me before, but never like this, never in a way that would make me want to remember them

"For what?" I ask What I mean is: Why now? Why finally?

"For this," he says "For all of it"

I want so much to trust it I want so much to think we’ve finally shifted to the place I always thought we could get to But it’s too simple It feels too simple

"It’s okay," he tellsThis is not how I pictured it, but nothing ever is I am overwhelmed by how le part ofIt is the opposite of terrifying

I a because I don’t think I ever realized howbecause, for the first ti and doesn’twhat he did this time He doesn’t tell me he warned me He doesn’t tell me to stop No, he wraps his ars that are only words and ivesI can actually feel--his presence, his hold

"I’ for a reason besides that "Really, I a else wraps around us, but our e on to hi on to me We have reached that perfect balance, where each of us is strong and each of us is weak, each taking, each giving

"What’s happening?" I ask

"Shhh," he says "Don’t question it"