I cup his face in my hand and give him a long, deep kiss, which he’s more than happy to return.
Sighing softly, I pull back and rest my forehead against his. His warm, rapid breath caresses my face.
“I already have a very good reason to visit you often,” I say. “But thank you. It means everything to me.” I can tell from the smile on his face that he already knows this. I have time to give him one more lingering kiss before Grandma returns. One more lingering kiss to show him how amazing I think he is, and to show how much I love him.
* * *
“You know what you want?” the man asks Emma.
She smiles and points to a small basketball picture on the wall. “And I want it to say Trent below it.” After I showed her the tattoo on my arm, Emma asked me where I got mine done. She wants her tribute to her brother to go on her ankle.
“What about you?” Kathy asks. I show her the picture I brought with me of a purple lotus flower. She directs me to the room I was in last time. Marcus comes with me, still laughing that I’ll be more inked up than him.
I take off my T-shirt and suddenly feel shy standing in front of him in only my bra and jeans. Seeing my discomfort, he winks. You’d think he’s never seen me this way before, the way my face heats up.
I sit on the tattoo table and describe where I want the tattoo: on the back of my shoulder, near the worst of my scars.
“Did you know the lotus flower symbolizes courage and awakening?” Kathy asks. “The flower starts off small at the bottom of the murky pond and it grows toward the light. By the time it reaches the surfaces, it’s the beautiful flower that we see.”
Sounds like the last year of my life.
I smile at Marcus, who’s smiling back at me. “I know.” And I do. We’re both ready to surface, ready to let others in. Ready to find normal.
* * * * *
About the Author
Born in Brighton, England, Stina Lindenblatt has lived in a number of countries, including England, the U.S., Finland and Canada.
Stina has a physical education degree from the University of Calgary and a master’s of science in exercise physiology from the University of Alberta, where she specialized in energy metabolism. Definitely cool stuff. She also had the opportunity to work with elite athletes through the universities and at several sport-training facilities. During her undergrad, she worked in Helsinki, Finland, for one summer, cleaning bathrooms and saunas in a recreation center for the elderly. In grad school, she lived in Jyväskylä (central Finland) for a semester. She eventually became a pharmaceutical sales representative and now writes full-time.
In addition to writing fiction, Stina loves photography, especially the close-up variety. She currently lives in Calgary, Canada, with her husband and three kids.
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Copyright © 2014 by Kristina Lindenblatt
Edited by Alissa Davis
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