48. Lucas. Lia. My course in Tokyo ends just in time for us to make it to Daisy’s baptism. It’s an intimate event, with the ceremony and the celebration at my parents’ house in London. For Becket and me, saying goodbye to Japan doesn’t weigh too heavily, because we’re leaving together. We both know that, no matter where we are, what matters is walking side by side. Right now, as I watch my closest family meet the man I love, falling for him the same way I do, I feel like everything is falling into its rightful place. Because just as I embraced his family in Texas as if they were my own, he now embraces mine as his. My brother is still a tough bone to crack, but my father? I smile tenderly as I watch the two men who matter most to me share a simple yet sweet moment while Dad shows Beck

