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If you had told me a month ago that I would be engaged to the love of my life, I would have said that you were crazy. One month with Pia, though, and I can’t imagine my life without her. She’s meant to be mine. I’m sure of it.
Her ring sparkles in the moonlight as I set her down on our bed, and I smile.
She’s mine.
And she’s right where she’s meant to be.
FIFTEEN
Pia
Five Years Later…
I hurryto finish writing my latest diary entry as I hear the front door close. I know that means Levi and our daughter, Annie, are home from the park, and my alone time is over.
He doesn’t know yet,Diary, but I’m pregnant again! I’m going to tell him tonight, and I know that he’s going to be so excited that we’re going to have another baby.
I just hopethat Annie is excited to be a big sister, too.
Talk soon,Diary!
XOXO,
Pia
Tiny footsteps followed closelyby dog paws sound on the stairs, and I smile as I close my diary and stand, ready to go greet my family.
“Mommy!” Annie shouts with a giggle as she runs at me with open arms.
Minnie, our six-year-old border collie mix, is right behind her, and I smile, scratching her ears as she sniffs around me. We adopted Minnie right after we moved in together. She’s a total sweetheart, and we’re so lucky to have her as part of our family.
“Hey there, little one,” I coo as I pick her up and start to carry her back down the stairs with Minnie trotting along behind us. “Where’s daddy?”
“Getting us a snack,” she says as she swings her legs.
“Oh, I wonder what he’s making for us,” I say as I carry her towards the kitchen.
“She requested apples and peanut butter,” Levi says with a smile as we walk up behind him.
“Did we have more apples?” I ask him.
“No, we picked some up on our way home. How’s Lila?”
“She’s doing good. She goes in for a check-up next week, so hopefully the scans all come back clean.”
“I’m sure they will. Are we going to have lunch with her and Warren after her appointment?” He asks, and I nod.
That’s been the usual routine for the last five years. At first, it was a way to cheer her up and give her something to look forward to whenever she had to go to the doctor. Then, once she met Warren and they got married, it became a way for us to catch up.
We both still live in Los Angeles, but it’s not the same as being roommates. We still talk every day, and they have a son that they adopted a few years ago that is the same age as Annie, so we get together for play dates.
“Yeah. Speaking of food, what were you thinking for dinner?” I ask him as I steal an apple.
I take a bite before Annie steals the rest of it from me, and I smile at her.
“How does steak with sauteed mushrooms and onions sound?” He asks, and I’m bent over the trash can before he can finish his sentence.
The thought of sauteed onions has my stomach rolling, and I take a few deep breaths through my mouth.
