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“They’re cute” He couldn’t help but set their happy ending”
She glanced up at hi “YouDon’t you think you’ll ever find your happy ending?”
“I don’t know” He leaned against a light post and pursed his lips “After the things I’ve seen overseas, I’m not sure it’s wise to expect one There’s a lot of hurt in this world The people in Blessings have it so good”
She went silent for a long moment Mentally, he wanted to kick himself He needed to learn how to leave the scars from his military service at hos But he hadn’t yet learned how to separate the military man from the civilian
“Well, I’ here” She put her hand gently on his aroosebumps up and down his back “Notit is But unlike you, I believe you’ll find your happy ending You’re a good guy, Joseph You deserve to be happy”
He didn’t have time to respond to her kind words The carnival worker waved them onto the platform as he filled the next three carts of the Ferris wheel with people They soon found thehs brushing His stoan to turn and raised theh into the air
“Are you okay?” Michelle looked down at his hands gripping the lap belt
“I’h his teeth It was higher up than he’d expected The people down beloere looking a little too
“Then why did you coave him an exasperated look “We could’ve skipped this one”
He sed hard “Because you wanted to And that was reason enough for me”
She shook her head, but se, she pointed at the elderly couple in the bucket ts ahead of the! Can they be any cuter?”
He wasn’t going to take the chance and look over the edge, so he was going to have to take her word for it Instead, he exa the soft curve of her lips as she s boy, he’d noticed her He’d also ade to be her true self She never hid her intelligence Never tried to dumb herself down to fit in She’d always see
Joseph had none of that He’d entered the ain some of that sa And now, he was back at ho life in the shadows of his family home
“You’re graduating in the spring, right?” He turned from her to focus on his shoes, the funnel cake and soda he’d eaten earlier sloshing around in his stomach as their cart rocked “What’s next for you?”
“I want to get a job at a