OPAL

"Oh, that's all so terrible, Opal," Aunt Janice says to me through the phone. "I feel so sorry for everyone around you. Losing a parent...I remember what it was like losing first my mother, then my father. It was one of the hardest moments of my life. Bruce is lucky to have you by his side. And, speaking of which..."

I blush. "Yeah. We didn't think that things would turn out the way they did for us."

"But are you happy, Opal?"

"Yes. Very happy. Aunt Janice? I think I love him."

She ...