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Alec released Malone and stood.

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“He’s really good,” Kennedy noted.

We were standing in her dining room looking out the window into her backyard. There was a large area of grass before the lawn gave way to rows of crops. And Caleb was throwing a football with Alec.

Rory was racing around the yard, Tank running circles around her being a puppy.

Everyone was smiling.

Everyone happy.

“You’re shaking, Macy, what’s wrong?”

She was right. I was trembling and I wasn’t sure why. It was over. Josh Malone was in custody, Alec told me Jameson found Doug, had a word, and there’d be no more issues from him.

So my troubles were…over.

“Alec took down Josh Malone,” I announced.

“Know that, honey. Jonny arrested him. You guys are safe.”

“Yeah, Alec did that, just like he promised he would.”

“Okay…” Kennedy drew the word out like I was a little nutty.

“Jameson told Doug not to come back to Maryland and he agreed—no problems, no fight, just acceptance I was taking his kids away from him.”

“Macy, if you’re feeling bad about—”

“I’m not. It’s the right thing. He’s done enough damage to our kids. I tried, I know I did. One day when my kids are older I can look at both them and tell them honestly I did the right thing. I don’t feel bad about protecting them.”

And I didn’t. I was relieved Doug couldn’t hurt me through them anymore. My kids were free of Doug’s dysfunction and malice.

“Then why do you look so unhappy?”

My gaze locked on Alec nudging Caleb’s shoulder as he spoke to my son through a smile. I watched Caleb’s face light up and nod.

Picture perfect.

Happy.

“I think I’m scared.”

“You think?”

“I don’t know what I’m feeling. Everything’s done, we’re all safe, now what?”

“Mama!” I looked down at Jocelyn who was standing in front of me. Her pudgy baby hands held onto my legs as she bounced.

I felt the wet hit my eyes and I started blinking back the tears.

“Now everything goes back to normal,” Kennedy carefully told me.

“Right. Normal.”

That was my problem. I didn’t want normal. I wanted Alec. I wanted Jocelyn. And I wanted my kids to have them too.