Sitting on a bench in the courtyard, Naomi looked around in awe. She’d never imagined that Heaven would look like this. Even paintings of what people hoped Heaven would look like couldn’t compare to the lush landscape, the intoxicating smell of the flowers, and the vivid blue sky. It was as if they were in a tropical paradise, minus the mosquitoes. When she had a chance, she was dying to ask if anyone knew why mosquitoes even existed.
She’d hoped that she would awake in Heaven after she died. Most people did. She admitted there was a tiny bit of doubt that it would happen, until she’d met Lash, blowing any doubts she’d had out of the water.
Naomi beamed as Lash covered her hand with his. As beautiful as Heaven was, she wouldn’t have been nearly as happy as she was at that moment if he ha
