I Bought A Plane Ticket To Surprise My Pilot Husband On Our Anniversary

and lemons on the cutting board in a perfect row.

“We can go back to the cabin in Maine next summer,” he said, his back to me as he sliced a lemon. “Just the two of us, like we used to before my schedule got so crowded.”

I sat at the wooden kitchen table, watching the knife glide through the yellow rind.

“You always loved the lake in July,” I said.

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