Capture

by Flora Dain

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  We’re getting married at Easter, in a few weeks. Not with hula girls or grass skirts or in New York. Just family and friends in the pretty little church in my hometown on the Maine coast.

  The community up there is very excited. It’ll be a big event for them. Eldon and Billy may bring some celebs from the movie world and Aaron and Savoy between them will bring a posse of socialites.

  Darnley’s men have all volunteered for security on the day. The local school has offered the use of their playing fields for the jets. My parents are happily arranging everything and Mom and her friends are making the cake.

  Me? I’m busy packing.

  Darnley’s vacation is over. He’s planning a world tour over the next couple of months, cementing the deals he set up before Christmas. He wants me to go with him so I’ll finally get to see all the places I never thought I’d visit – South America, to stay with Savoy at her ranch; Europe, Asia, Australia – all over.

  When we get back we’re moving into our new home – the lovely mansion near the California coast where we already tried out some of the rooms. He smiles and says he wants to try out some more. After that we’ll fill it with family and friends and love.

  Now, as we walk along the sand, he takes my hand and pulls me close.

  ‘What do you think? Here?’

  We’ve reached a small cove out of the wind where the sun is hot. The rocks are smooth and flat, the kind he likes. The sand is warm and dry, the kind I like. The tide never comes up this far. And for once there’s no one around to see.

  I lean into him as his arm slides round my waist and he smiles down at me. I know what’s coming now. I don’t even have to ask. The gleam in his eyes says it all.

  We’re on Wolfe Time, full time.

  For life.

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