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“If you don’t leave now, then you never will. Cole will be fine, I won’t allow him not to be. You two deserve this. Do not feel guilty about taking the time you need,” she says, wiping her cheeks with the back of her hand.
“Thank you,” I breathe, pulling her back into my arms. “I don’t know what we’d have done without you, Hads.”
She doesn’t say anything. She doesn’t need to. She gets it, gets us. She always has.
She steps away, and I gather K up in my arms.
“Ready to hit the road, babe?” I ask, my voice cracking with each word.
“I’m just going to…” Hadley trails off as she points toward the house.
“Look after him.”
“Always.” She gives me a watery smile before disappearing.
I nod at Ace and Remi, and, hand in hand, Kenny and I walk toward Betty.
I pull the door open for her and she climbs in. “Let’s get this show on the road, eh?”
“Hell yeah,” she says excitedly, but I see the concern in her eyes. She thinks I’m going to change my mind. I could, easily, but while part of me is hurting for Cole, a bigger part is with Kenny, and this is what we need. Our future together starts right here.
I jump up into the driver’s seat and start the engine. As Betty rumbles to life, excitement shoots through me.
I look to K, who’s smiling up at me.
“Ready, babe?”
“So ready.”
I put her into gear, and, after a few seconds, the gravel crunches beneath the tires and we’re off.
Ace and Remi wave, and when I glance at the house, I find Cole and Hadley standing at a window, watching us.
“Fuck, this is harder than I thought,” I admit.
Kenny’s hand finds my thigh and she squeezes.
“He’ll be fine, Con. This isn’t the end.”
“No, babe. It’s not. It’s only the beginning.”
Extended Epilogue
James
"Drink?" Marcus asks, gesturing to the bottle of whiskey and the empty glass sitting on the coffee table before him.
I nod, popping the button on my jacket, and lower myself to the chair opposite him.
"Congratulations again," he says, pushing the glass toward me. "It was a good day."
I raise a brow at him, wanting to save the niceties. "Why did you bring the kids?"
"Bex," he sighs. "He wanted to make his peace with your boy."
"On our wedding day?" I shake my head, thinking of my sleeping bride upstairs in our suite. "They shouldn't have been there."
He shrugs like it doesn't matter. I wish I felt the fucking same about his attempt to ruin Sarah's day. But what she doesn’t know can’t hurt her, and I’ve worked hard to conceal the truth from her.
