Total Immersion, page 33
Sam Knight is doomed, she thought. Doomed to live a lie. Maybe, in the end, we all are.
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“Somewhere over the rainbow . . . skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true.”
“Daddy! Daddy!” a four-year-old girl playfully called out.
Sam spun around as his daughter ran toward him and jumped into his waiting arms.
His body trembled as she wrapped her small, soft arms around his neck and kissed him on the cheek.
Autumn Knight looked exactly as he always dreamed she would. Her mother’s eyes, lips, and beautiful black hair, and his wife’s unforgettable smile.
“Why are you crying, Daddy?” Autumn asked, pushing the tears off her father’s cheek.
“I don’t know,” Sam said.
“Are you crying because you’re sad?” she nervously asked.
“No, sweetheart, Daddy’s not sad,” Sam said, beaming a wide smile.
“Are you crying because you’re happy?”
“Yes, yes, that’s right . . .” Sam said, glancing from his remarkable daughter to his extraordinary wife. “I’m crying because I’m very happy. Daddy’s so happy to see you. I love you very much, Autumn. I love you so much.”
“I love you too, Daddy,” Autumn Knight whispered, hugging her father.
Things are going to be okay now, Sam thought, holding his daughter tight.
He took Jenny’s hand, and they made their way toward the water.
Other families lined the beach, watching as the sun disappeared below the horizon.
Sam set Autumn down and held her hand as she jumped excitedly in the water.
“Look at how pretty it is, honey,” Jenny said to Autumn, pointing to the spectacular sunset.
“Oh, yeah!” she exclaimed. “Do you think it’s pretty, Daddy?”
Sam glanced around the beautiful setting and breathed a deep sigh of relief.
In that moment, standing with his family on that wondrous beach, living life the way it should be, he was finally, truly happy.
“Yes. Daddy thinks it’s perfect.”
He remembered a George Sand line his mother always used to quote: There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.
No matter what the circumstances, Sam Knight added.
In the distance, he heard Judy Garland’s splendidly perfect voice singing that glorious song.
“Somewhere over the rainbow, bluebirds fly. Birds fly over the rainbow, then why, oh, why can’t I . . . If happy little bluebirds fly, beyond the rainbow . . . Why, oh why, can’t I?”
Things do change.
THE END
about the author
Gary Preisler's career in the entertainment industry is unique. His abilities as a creative force (he has written fourteen screenplays, four original T.V. sitcoms, a novel, a graphic novel as well as directed) are matched by his business expertise (he has functioned in anumber of executive capacities, sold films internationally, raised millions in private equity and Produced/Executive Produced twelve feature films).
Current projects include THE MANGO TREE which he co-wrote with Pauline Chan. Angelina Jolie is set to produceunder her production banner; andIN SEARCH OF AN ENDING set to shoot in Vancouverin Marchof 2023. Peter Howitt (SLIDING DOORS/LAWS OF ATTRACTION/JOHNNY ENLGISH)is attached to direct,and Quiver Entertainmentis financing.
ABOUT THE PUBLISHER
Di Angelo Publications was founded in 2008 by Sequoia Schmidt—at the age of seventeen. The modernized publishing firm’s creative headquarters is in Houston, Texas, with its distribution center located in Twin Falls, Idaho. The subsidiary rights department is based in Los Angeles, and Di Angelo Publications has recently grown to include branches in England, Australia, and Sequoia's home country of New Zealand. In 2020, Di Angelo Publications made a conscious decision to move all printing and production for domestic distribution of its books to the United States. The firm is comprised of twelve imprints, and the featured imprint, Enigma, was inspired by pushing the boundaries of the mind with incredible science fiction, exhilarating mysteries, and edge-of-your-seat thrillers.
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