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“I feel the same way. Like I made a huge mistake letting you leave, which is insane. You were only visiting.”
“It feels insane to me that I left you, even for a short time.”
“What’s the plan, Lex?”
“I’m coming back for January. I’ll talk to my parents tomorrow and tell them what I want to do.”
“How do you think they’ll take it?”
“My mom will be upset. Now that I’m well again, she wants to be with me all the time. We ran around together today, got our nails done, did some errands, and she was so, so happy. I haven’t seen her like that in so long, I almost forgot she used to be that way.”
“It’s been hard on them. I’ve been thinking a lot about them and what it would be like for me if Caden got sick like you did.”
“It was a nightmare for them, and I wouldn’t still be here without all four of them stepping up for me the way they did. But now they have to let me go and live the life I fought so hard to have, and they will. It just won’t be easy for them.”
“Maybe they’ll come back to Vermont, too.”
“I don’t know. My grandmother has terrible arthritis, which has been so much better since they moved to Houston. I can’t see them going back to the cold, even if I do.”
“Hmm, well, hopefully you guys can make a plan that works for everyone. Maybe they could spend the summers up here or something.”
“That would be nice. We’ll see.”
“Wherever we end up, there’d be room for them to visit any time they want. Make sure you tell them that.”
“You’re not getting ahead of yourself by any chance, are you?”
“Maybe a little, but it feels good to let my mind wander to you and me together forever with a sweet little family and house we’ve made a home.”
“Max… You’re doing it again.”
“Doing what?”
“Making me breathless.”
“Come back here. Don’t wait until January. That’s so far away.”
“It’s only like four weeks from now.”
“That’s forever!”
His urgency made her smile as her heart did the fluttering thing that had happened from the beginning with him. “I need to spend the holidays with my family, and then I’ll be there.”
“Fine, if you’re going to be that way about it.”
Lexi laughed. “Are you pouting?”
“Maybe a little.”
“It’ll go by fast. I promise.”
“No, it won’t.”
“You’re going to be busy at the tree farm and getting ready for Christmas yourself.”
“Not too busy to hang with you.”
“Soon, Max. I promise.”
