Olivia's Mine (35 page)

“She still can’t cook?” Olivia whispered.

“Can’t boil water.”

Olivia laughed.

“I love you Olivia,” John said. “I never
thought in a million years that I would fall in love again, but I
have. You made me the happiest man on earth when you gave me a
chance.”

“The last time I moved up here I was a
newlywed,” Olivia said. “And now I’m about to become a bride again.
I never thought in a million years that would happen.”

Little Lucy ran ahead, playing along the
shore. She had a fascination with rocks.

“She’s a miner all right,” Olivia
commented.

“Have you decided where you’d like the
wedding to take place?” John asked.

“I’ve given it a lot of thought,” Olivia
said. “We don’t need to make a big fuss. It’s the second time for
both of us. We don’t need a church wedding. We don’t need a wedding
here in Britannia, or down in Seattle. Frenchie’s still a Captain.
He does have boat. Why don’t we charter his boat up Desolation
Sound and ask him to marry us along the way?”

John kissed her.

“That sounds perfect.”

“Mommy!” little Lucy said, pointing to an
object in the sand.

A tiny origami bird was poking its head out
from some sand. She unearthed it and handed it to her mother.

A wave of emotion came over Olivia.

“What is that?” John asked.

“It’s a paper bird,” Olivia said. “Akiko used
to make them for Lucy, I think.”

“For me?” little Lucy asked.

A gust of wind arose and took the bird from
Olivia’s hand. It flew up towards the street, eventually landing
high atop a peach rose bush. Little Lucy ran after it.

“I can’t get it. It has pricklies,” she
said.

“How strange,” Olivia thought. “This bush is
just like the one in my father’s garden.” She felt totally at peace
with herself and her world. The disasters at Britannia were over
for Olivia.

Life is a lot like a tiny piece of origami
paper, she thought to herself. It’s colourful. It’s light. It bends
and folds and cuts you if you’re not careful. It takes shape and
becomes something spectacular. It wrinkles and creases and tears.
It is often beautiful. It is always delicate. It is to be
shared.

The End

Janine McCaw lives in Vancouver Canada with
her husband Paul.

Having worked in the Canadian television
industry for many years as a producer and distributor of television
programming, writing novels is somewhat of a new venture.

“Olivia’s Mine” is the first of several
novels currently underway. You can read excerpts from this and
other novels by visiting
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