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“Yeah, sweetheart?”
“I want another one in a year,” she said openly, smiling at him. “I can’t imagine anything more beautiful than seeing what we create together.”
“You want another… already?”
“Well, I want my stitches to heal and…”
“Niki,” he laughed softly, leaning forward to kiss her again – and the baby’s forehead tenderly. “You can have whatever you want, and I will do my best to make sure you always have it.”
“I love you.”
“I have always loved you,” he breathed openly, brushing his nose against hers, marveling again that she had chosen him.
EPILOGUE
Three years later…
Nicolette was pushingthe double stroller down the sidewalk that Luke had put in for her that ran from the gravel parking lot directly to the hangar on the property at Flyboys.
Today was a big day, internally, for the company. No huge celebration, no massive event with fliers or banners, but it was going to beeventfulfor sure.
“There’s all my beautiful girls!” her father hollered, coming out of the building just as Luke was jogging in their direction. “C’mere Erin. Come, give me a kissy, my sweet baby girl.”
Sure enough, as her dad scooped up their daughter, Er was already reaching playfully for his nose and ears, shrieking with delight as he held her high in the air before blowing kisses all over her tummy and cheeks.
Her dad was seriously spoiling both of their girls – and couldn’t imagine what he would be like with their son.
Nicolette rested her hand on her growing stomach.
“Hey Niki,” Luke greeted her, kissing her tenderly in a rushed, almost distracted manner. “Are you excited? I’m hoping this works…”
“I’m sure it will,” she smiled encouragingly, hiding all her fears and doubts that lingered silently in her mind.
Today, the B-52 was going up…again.
The last time it stalled – and the time before that a fuel line ruptured, spraying fuel everywhere. Yeah, the behemoth of a plane had serious problems and even Alpo admitted as much last year during Thanksgiving. He said that if he had any idea, it would be such a mess and money pit? He would have never bought it.
To which, his words seemed to spur Luke and Glory on with an intensity and passion to get the plane into the air. They had gone over the plane, every fitting, every hose, every wire… from propeller to tail.
Until now.
Today, her father was going to attempt to take it on its maiden flight – for the first time in almost three decades. It had been started several times over the years… but hadn’t flown.
Her mother was not thrilled with this – at all.
Luke assured her that the plane was fit for flight and promised her repeatedly that he wouldn’t let anything happen to her father. The fear was there. It was the sheer love, faith, and strength in his being, his words, that had kept her feeling secure several times over the years.
Every time she needed strength, she turned to Luke, and he always was waiting with whatever she needed, almost as if he could read her mind.
He was there for the first panicked phone call when Erin swallowed a button before she could fish it out of her child’s mouth. He was strong for her during her pregnancy when she started spotting during her fifth month… and held her when she cried in relief that everything was fine.
Luke wasalwaysthere for her – heart and soul.
As the cars arrived, everyone began pouring out of the buildings to say hello… she knew this was what everyone wanted more than anything – including her father.
Her dad had arm-wrestled Thumper for the privilege of flying it.
It was sweet because apparently Thumper and Harley had a history with the plane, having their first date in the beast's belly when they were first founding Flyboys — and financially broke beyond belief.
