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“You are so impatient!” I laugh, hoping that my jolly voice will let him know how things have gone. “But yes, things have gone well. I got to see Millie and we talked everything through. It’s all perfect.”
She leans in closer to me and smiles happily. There is a sweet bliss in her eyes which makes heart sing. I can almost feel her becoming a part of me, us together forever, a team from now on.
“And you’re together? It went well? We are all rooting for you. I have the others on conference call waiting for the answer. Even if they don’t want me to call you, I know they’ll be happy…”
“Me and Millie are together right now.” I hug her tighter. “All is amazing. I couldn’t be happier.”
Artie cheers so loudly that I have to take the phone away from my ear. If I listen carefully enough, I think I might be able to hear my brothers as well, on the other end of Artie’s conference call. They are all rooting for me, all hoping that me and Millie can find happiness at the end of this, and that feels great. Just another reminder that if things are good or not so good, I will always have my family at the other end of the line.
“Right, Artie, well I have to get going. I’m kind of in the middle of a date here…”
“Oh right, of course. Of course, you get back to your date and have the best time. Say hi to Millie from all of us. And we will all have to make some time to get together soon. It’s been far too long since a Wilson family reunion. In fact, I am going to see if I can plan one right now. I will see you later on, Lance. I have to sort these zoo animals out and try and get them to sort out their diaries for me.”
He hangs up quickly, leaving me a little bewildered, but in a really good way. It really has been too long since I saw all of my brothers in one go and I know that their lives have changed as well, just as dramatically as mine, which means we all need to get to know one another again. Hopefully that’s something we can achieve soon and without getting in to our usual dramatics and arguing. Now that we’re all older, the teasing can stay to a minimum… I would like to think anyway. But with my brothers anything can be possible.
“I would love to meet your brothers,” she tells me with the peaceful tone of voice that can only come from someone who hasn’t been in a room with my brothers all in one go. “They sound lovely.”
“They are… but they’re chaos too. It gets very noisy when we’re all together. It’s manic and too much.”
“Tell me about them. About you growing up. I would love to hear all of it…”
I might have already told her, but I tell her once more, sharing stories that I might not have gotten to before. In between my tales, Millie shares anecdotes about her life as well, which is made easier as I get to see where these things happened. It gives me a yearning to take Millie back to my home town as well, to show her more of me. Maybe that’s where we should have our family reunion. Back at home. Where it all began…
Eventually, we end up back at Millie’s home and I’m surprised to find it empty. There’s a note from her father making excuses as to why he isn’t it, but I’m pretty sure that he has done this on purpose to give us some much-needed space. He really is a great man who only has his daughter’s happiness at heart. He wants what’s best for Millie which makes his approval of me even more grateful received. He trusts me, he likes me, and I absolutely refuse to let him down. I will take care of Millie for as long as she will let me, I will never let anything hurt her again. She has been through enough. It’s time for her to be happy.Chapter 18 – MillieAs soon as I realize that me and Lance are alone, I take him in my arms and kiss him hard. This isn’t a house that I have ever had a guy in before, Dad hated Dante too much for that, and I’m going to take full advantage of that. I have wanted to get my hands on Lance ever since I heard him say that he loves me and now I can.
I kiss him hard, passion locking us together in a wonderfully chemical way. The magnetic pull between us is sheer proof that me and him are meant to be, and I am never letting go of that again. Sure, the vultures of the press are always going to be on the out skirts of our relationship now, that hasn’t changed, but as long as that’s where they remain and I don’t fully let them in, then everything will be fine.
