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We have two kids, both boys and they keep us on our toes. They both wanted to come with us today but Emmy Lou had vetoed that one. I promised them that I would take them once they were older and I’ve been in the doghouse for a few days after that promise.
The plane door opens and I help her stand up before I shuffle both of us toward the door. My fingers brush over her wrist and I can feel Emmy Lou’s heartbeat racing as she stares down at the ground way, way below us.
“We’re going on the count of three! Got it?”
She gives me a shaky nod and I wrap my arm around her waist.
“One, Two, Three!” I yell and before she can blink, we’re flying through the air.
The wind whips past us and I grin, although I’m sure that Emmy Lou is too shocked to feel the same level of excitement that I do right now.
The parachute opens and we slow way down. Emmy Lou is strapped to the front of me so I can’t see her expression, but she isn’t screaming so that had to be a good sign.
“That was so cool,” she yells a second later and I laugh at her excitement.
It’s quiet, still, way up here and neither of us needs to raise our voice to be heard.
“Told you,” I tell her smugly.
I let her hold the handles and steer us down lower before I take over again and move us to the landing area.
“Put your feet up,” I order her and she hurries to do as I say.
We glide to the ground and I unbuckle us. Emmy Lou immediately turns and throws herself into my arms, laughing as I spin her around.
“That was awesome. Thanks for taking me,” she says, pressing her lips against mine.
“Anytime.”
“I love you, Spencer.”
“I love you more, Emmy Lou,” I whisper as my lips land on hers once more and I grin.
I know that I was sick of being sent all over in the Army and I was looking for my freedom but instead it’s like I was dispatched to Sunny Bend to claim Emmy Lou’s heart.
She is my freedom. My family.
She’s my happily ever after.
My forever.
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