89. DRESS UP 

~KAEL

In my entire life, I had never seen a woman as excited as Zira was today.

She was beaming like a child as we went through the dresses in the store. I knew this store because I had once followed Arden on a date with one of the many girls he was involved with.

Of course, it had been pure torture then and I had never imagined that I would one day visit this same store with a woman yet here I was, blushing like an idiot.

I felt Ocean mirror Zira's excitement. It brought me joy to know that I was the reason for all of the smiles that Zira was sending out to the world.

I was now sitting on a chair while I waited for Zira to emerge from the dressing room. It was not long after I thought it that she came out in a blue dress that stopped above her knees. It hugged her body and made her look even cuter.

I had changed into a pair of loose pants and a shirt. Everything I wore was white, except for the satchel that contained my father's journal.

"Beautiful," I whispered.

She blushed. "