MIKA
"Come," Mom says, pulling me to the table and urging me to sit. “Tell me everything. I want to know everything. How he proposed, where it happened.” Laughing softly, I take a seat and tell her how and where Channing proposed.
"Wait—in the lifeboat? Mika you mean you've been engaged the whole time and have not said anything?
I wince. “Uh… yes?”
She gently smacks my arm. "Mika!" But she’s grinning through her tears, shaking her head in disbelief, and I explain again why I kept it a secret. She wants to know the rest of the story, so I tell her, and by the end, both my mother and I are crying again. She reaches for my hands again and squeezes them tightly.
“That is the most romantic thing I have ever heard.” Sniffing, I laugh softly. “Yeah, he’s kind of perfect.” Dabbing her face wi
