" I blushed a little. "Only because you know how to take amazing photos." My dad carefully placed his camera down behind him and moved close to me. He...took the wisteria out of my hand before breaking off a piece. He brushed back my curly brown hair and placed the flower behind my hair. I blushed again, and he kissed me lightly on my forehead. "My beautiful daughter..." He cupped my face in his hands and smiled. "I'm going to cherish these moments forever, because you're almost grown woman and. "Jake decided to make one last try before giving up, "Sarita, I was exposed to sex a couple of years ago, but didn't go all the way until five days ago. I'm not saying that you'll have to wait three more years until you're sixteen, but you should wait until your body has a chance to complete the transition from girl to woman. Your mom may kill me, but I promise that when you're a hundred percent woman, I'll be your hundred percent man if you still want me, okay?"Lesa rolled her eyes, but knew. The plane continued towards their island.Inside the cockpit, the co-pilot was scanning the island not looking for anything in particular. This island wasn't even on their charts. He saw the orange spot first, a color not usual in nature. "Hey Jock. Get closer. I think there is something in that lagoon."The pilot banked and dropped down. As they flew closer they could both see it was a raft with a man waving wildly. The pilots looked at each other. They didn't see a yacht or a boat that the raft. “I hadn’t planned to,” I said. “We basically honor the Orthodox calendar, and Pascha isn’t until April 30th this year.”“Do you plan to go to church that week? I know you said so before what happened last fall.”“I was thinking about it. I’m not sure how often Jennifer and Josie will let us take Jesse, but I’d at least like to go on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.”“Thursday was when they read the 12 Gospels?”“Yes.”“We should try. I’m off work by 5:00pm and services don’t start until 7:00pm on.