The Redemption
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“Not that particular girl, Ryann. When did you become interested in girls in general?”
“Since his friends decided too,” Gianna interjected.
“You two need to slow down a bit. Stop growing up so fast, you’ll regret it in ten years.”
“Dad, we can’t control how fast we grow.”
“He didn’t mean it literally, you dork,” Gianna said.
“Oh. I can’t believe I got a girlfriend, all the way up here!”
“Life is strange, son. You never know the really important moments are important when they’re happening until you look back realizing the differences they made. I met your mother one night long ago because I promised a ten-year-old girl who was shot that she would be okay. Tabatha Jones, I’ll never forget that name. Anyway, your mother was working at the hospital that night. That’s when we met.”
“Did she live?” Gianna asked.
“Yes, she did. Needless to say, I had a very good night,” John answered. “So, I guess my point is every moment, no matter how seemingly insignificant, must be navigated with extreme thought. We never know when a major point in our lives is upon us.”
John woke at the break of dawn on the last day of the cruise. He stepped out onto the upper deck, which had become his custom in the early morning before the rest of his family woke. It had been a wonderful vacation. They visited Skagway, Glacier Bay, Ketchikan, and Victoria, as well as Juneau. It was a perfect morning, warm, but not humid at all, with a crisp breeze coming from the west. He climbed to the top deck and walked to the end, put his hands on the rail and absorbed the beauty. He took in the blue-green ocean before turning his attention to the sky. He noticed the clouds, which are nothing but shaped air and condensation but also, ironically, the source of life. They moved rapidly across his vision and he thought about how they resemble the people in our lives, coming and going in the blink of an eye. They appear and vanish every day, looking down at us from the heavens, reminding us of our own immortality. His thoughts turned to Todd and his family, Captain Johnson, and all the others that were lost through the years.
But life is for the living, and John wasn’t finished living yet.
He took one last look across the horizon, turned and started his walk back. This was the last day for this vacation and he was going to make the best of it because memories are all we have long after our lives end.
THE END
About the Author
David Boiani is a dedicated father to a wonderful eighteen-year-old daughter in her first year of college, member of The Association of Rhode Island Authors, and guitarist in an originals alternative rock band called The Whole façade.
David’s love of reading ignited his desire to write fiction. The Redemption, sequel to A Thin Line, is his third book.
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