Afterwards, we stood together on the balcony overlooking the pool and the sparkling lights of Mandeville. I felt such a sense of disbelief, like I was in a movie.



“Can you believe this day?” I whispered.

Markus just laughed and shook his head “No I can't. I can't believe we are in this huge villa, I can't believe we just met your family... I'm just blown away by ALL of this, but I'm really really happy for you. All these trips to Jamaica and now the pieces are falling into places. Everything happens for a reason, it all led up to this.”

I thought of my brother and smiled.

I did it Jared.
And I know you were with me every step of the way.


My amazing brother...

I slept really well that night.

To be continued...
Middle quarters, Belmont and the Bellyflop contest.