Chapter 5“You look good, Bren. Happy.”
“You make me happy.”
“Is this when I say I love you?”
“You can say that any time. Like I can. I love you, now, tomorrow, always.”
Marcus kissed him, the taste as sweet as sugar.
“Five years ago today we exchanged our vows,” Marcus said.
“When Rickie and Rusty stood up for us.”
“I didn’t want an elaborate wedding. Just the two of us, and a justice of the peace.”
“We were in agreement on that. Kitty and Thomas Samuels might have fainted when we kissed.” He paused, sending those last words out to sea. “Life is composed of small memories.”
“Fancy words. Are you writing a new book right here, Bren?”
“Stories fill my mind, they never quiet,” he said.
Indeed, Bren Samuel’s debut novel, An Assurance of Love, was a modest success, garnering good rev
