Fresh from business school Brenna Thompson has moved to the idyllic island town of Isla Paradiso ready to start on her new life. For Brenna this town was great because of the water and the attraction of the possibility of growing a successful water side resort that she owned and being the entrepreneur she wanted to be. She was able to buy a small houseboat with the money she made in business school from tutoring and work-study. The first day she hung out on the roof in the patio chair looking at the amazing view.

After a bit of lounging and taking in the view it was time to start snorkeling to find things to sell to start earning money for her dream. It took a few days for her to gain enough confidence in her skills to start scuba diving at the easier scuba dive spots in Isla Paradiso. Once she started though she gained more skill pretty fast and realized she could easily find things under the sea to sell to support her and her dream for owning a resort. Besides that she loved the ocean and the wonders it held.

Brenna continued on with the scuba diving over the next few weeks at a very aggressive pace and collected quite a few sea treasures that really added up in value. Every week she would turn in that week’s worth of her underwater bounty and after about a month of collecting work under the sea she went to the island’s consignment shop to sell this latest week’s haul and a few huge sales had come in for her items in the meantime and between that and what she just had turned in she could finally afford a down payment on a hotel resort and begin building the dream. She looked around town at a few spots but finally came across a beautiful location that would be great for her dream resort empire. Issue was the place was all run-down around the landscape and buildings. It wasn’t too bad inside but she was worried about what the total cost of repairing and remodeling before even improving the basics would add up too. Turns out, the previous owner was so desperate to leave the island and go somewhere else for retirement that they offered Brenna the place for free.

“Free? Are you sure?” Brenna couldn’t believe it but the owner smiled and nodded, and then gave her the key. And so the dauting task of creating an empire began.  

In between all this work, Brenna was able to get out and meet the locals and the tourists. She loved to talk to everyone in town, and now that she owned a resort, she met even more people all the time. One person in particular stood out to Brenna. One Mr. Branden Cleary, who was a tourist to the island, and would only be in town for a few weeks so she was anxious to spend as much time as he would let her with him during his stay. The two of them hang out around town and her wonderful boat house. Branden liked it even though it was small because his favorite hobby was scuba diving like Brenna, which made them bond quickly. One afternoon while they were having lunch at a local restaurant they started a more serious discussion as Branden was due to leave in a few days.

“It’s been great hanging out getting to know you, Branden. I hope I’ve been a good guide around the island, even though I’m fairly new here myself.” Brenna gave him a small smile and giggle. She wasn’t sure what to say next for the first time being around Branden. She was getting anxious, nervously fidgeting around, keeping her sweaty palms of her hands together. Pull it together Brenna, she chided herself and then noticed Branden was forming a concerned look on his face.

“Are you okay, Brenna?” He paused, and his face was soft with a warm touch of caring etched in. She settled down to almost normal as if the face melted her stress away.

“Yeah, of course. Well, to tell you the truth, I am a little nervous, and there is something that I want to ask you, but fear it may be too soon. But you are leaving in a few days so today might be my last chance.”

“Is it anything like we are hitting it off so well, and I feel more comfortable around you than anyone else I have ever known? Or something like that,” Branden chuckled and smiled playfully.

Brenna felt like she was exploding with happiness, smiling brightly. “Actually, yeah, I was hoping you felt that way and maybe stay longer or maybe, I don’t know, move here while we keep getting to know each other?” Okay, that might have been too far but too late now.

Branden took a moment but smiled again and said, “I have looked into work here at the local business center and when I talked to the higher ups, they offered me a job at the same level I was at. And if my background check passes, which it should, I start work next Monday. I was going to tell you but I wanted to wait and make sure it went through. They said they would let me know by tomorrow. I love it here, and I’m very interested in pursuing what we have going here. Sounds like you might approve of this plan?”

“Yes, sounds really great.”

And by the end of the week, Branden was settled in his new job and moved in with Brenna!

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