Gemotions

The dog-eared notebook lay on the kitchen counter, its cover scrawled with his messy handwriting: “Liam’s Bucket List.” Sarah felt a jolt run through her. Curiosity quickly replaced the initial shock. She flipped it open. “Learn to speak Italian,” the first entry read. A grin stretched across her face. He’d always talked about it.

That evening, after Liam arrived home, she greeted him with a kiss and a mischievous gleam in her eyes. “Ciao, amore,” she said, her voice dripping with a playful accent she’d never attempted before. Liam blinked, a slow smile spreading across his face. “What’s gotten into you?”

Later, as he was making dinner, she quietly started searching for Italian language learning apps. She knew he had a trip booked to Italy in six months. Tonight, she was going to order Italian cookbooks. She wanted to surprise him with a dinner she had cooked from the recipes.