Aloha, Goodbye

Summary

The Hawaii honeymoon we'd promised each other on our wedding day kept getting postponed, year after year.

Now, in the third year, it was finally happening.

I was so excited I packed my bags three days early and headed to the airport.

That's when I saw her childhood best friend standing right there with her.

Meeting my confused gaze, Claire explained matter-of-factly,

"There were only two tickets left, and Ryan really wanted to see Hawaii, so I went ahead and bought his."

"How about you get another ticket tomorrow and catch up with us? Or, we can just wait for next time."