Chapter 25
Lukas
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OLD
Dear Lukas,
Happy birthday month, baby! I know it’s not the ideal way to spend your birthday, but I hope you get to celebrate in some way.
There is a care package on its way to you.
Your mom and I teamed up to think of every snack that you might like, doubled the amount, and sent it out hoping you and the guys can have a makeshift birthday cake.
Knowing you, you likely won’t tell anyone it’s your birthday because you don’t want to fuss.
But I hope you at least told Collins. I know he’d try to find a way to make it special for you, even a lit match stuck into a stale brownie would be better than nothing! But maybe that’s the optimist in me.
I promise once you’re back home, we’ll get together and make up for all of the birthdays and holidays that we’ve missed.
I’m thinking a remote cabin somewhere, or a hut on a deserted beach.
Somewhere that doesn’t have cell service.
Somewhere people don’t walk by. It’ll be just us … clothing optional ;)
I miss you like crazy. I’m heading into the off season and plan to make a trip back to Copper Ridge to see Nana. She asks about you all the time, if I didn’t know any better, I’d say she loves you more than me. She fell victim to the Lukas Hart charm just like the rest of us.
Take care, my love. Please write me when you can, even if it’s three sentences to say you’re alive and well, or write me your favorite memory of us. I’d be happy hearing anything from you.
Love you forever - Magnolia