Diary of a Mermaid

Epilogue

Wow. Just wow. I can't believe it's been thirteen years since I wrote in this journal.

Mom just gave it to me as a pre-wedding gift an hour ago. I am going to walk down down the aisle in twenty minutes to marry my fiancé, the one and only, Theo Dannis.

I just looked out into the Stratford chapel that I'm due to be wed in. Everyone is out there. Jaclyn and Steven are here with Maggie and Harper, their two twin girls.

When I turned eighteen, I became legally allowed to access private Atlantan Land Walkers Association files. I found Maggie and Harper working in the foster home where they grew up. Since they are now adults and not under the control of the government anymore, I reunited them with their parents on July second, the fifth year anniversary of our escape from Paradise Cove.

Peter and Jaclyn are also here. They are sitting with the Cordova's.

Angel and Nemmy are my maids of honour and Finn and Ray are the best men. Rosie, Theo's sister is also a bridesmaid.

Finn, currently aged 24, and Rosie have been dating for eight years and Finn recently told me that he is going to pop the question in exactly thirty-seven days. He still has the list he made when they first met thirteen years ago.

Ray is twenty-three and here with Mandy Marin, a mermaid from Atlantis. He seems to really like her, despite the fact that they have only been on a few dates.

Angel, who is twenty now, is in a serious relationship with a nice boy named Chris that she met at law school. Eighteen-year-old Nemmy is dating around. She'll be graduating high school in a month.

Mom and Dad are here. They agreed to have the wedding on land so everyone, no matter what species they are, can attend. Dad, Peter, and Steven are all giving me away. In a way, they're all my dads, so it's logical that they're all a part of my wedding.

I achieved my dream of becoming a professional photographer. I have my own company: Imagination Images. It is the most successful photography company in Atlantis.

I feel beautiful. My dress is gorgeous and my hair is perfect. I'm wearing the still-cracked hourglass necklace around my neck, as well as the pearl necklace Theo gave me all those years ago,

I have to go get married now.

Yours truly,
Topaz