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“Do you thi nk you’ll ev er want to lea ve Boston?”

He sha kes hi s hea d. “No. Nev er. Ever ythi ng is bet ter here,
remember?”
His answ ers give me the rea ssuranc e I need . I smile up at hi m.
“Okay. I’m rea dy.”
He pulls me tight agains t hi m and I laugh. Wi th ev er ythi ng tha t ha s
ha ppened sinc e the day he came int o my life, I nev er ex pec ted thi s

outcome. I’ve ho ped for it a lot, but unt il no w I wasn’t sure if it would
ev er ha ppen.
I close my ey es when I feel hi s lips meet the spot on my collarbone.
He pres ses a gent le kiss there and it feel s just like the firs t time he
kissed me there all tho se yea rs ago. He bring s hi s mouth to my ea r,
and in a whi sper, he says, “You can stop swimming no w, Lily. We fina lly
rea ched the sho re. ”