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Our crowd of friends flood the dance floor, juers disco-style, and prettyhorribly to the music, but Remi and I are in our own separate bubble of love

“I was just thinking…”

“What’s that, wife?” His low voice calling me wife, thrills my insides

“The first night we met, you said you wanted me to help you”

“You did help me”

“I did?” My brow furrows “How?”

His eyes capture mine, intense and serious “Well, for starters, you helped me not be like my dad—”

“But you were never like your dad Everything you do with Lillie shows you’re not like hi”

Long fingers smooth my hair back “You helped me find my way back”

He pulls me close, and my eyes close as his cheek presses to mine The music swirls with our friends around us, and I confess, as much as I adore Disney movies, I never believed fairytales really happened in real life

This past year changed all of that

I’irl, searching formy art to help others at the clinic with Drehich makes me financially independent—not that I need to be anymore

I’ve oal on my list, with the benefits

Liftinghe helped ether, we’ve saved each other

Thank you soRuby + Remi’s story