Three years earlier, on their third date, Jenna had insisted on taking Alex to her favorite place in the world: the aquarium.
“That tank,” she said, pressing her face to the glass, “is the reason I wanted to be a marine biologist.”
They called it their happy place.
So two months ago, when Jenna’s spirit felt like it was slipping away, Alex went back to the aquarium—not to visit, but to ask for help.
He told the staff their story. He told them about Jenna’s dream. He told them how he wanted to remind her of the part of her heart cancer hadn’t taken.
And then he asked a question that made the volunteer coordinator choke up:
“What do I have to do… to propose to her inside the tank?”
They didn’t hesitate.
“Whatever it takes,” they said.
