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We got married right after he graduated. He said that he couldn’t wait anymore to make it official. We got married at the Stud Farm, on this hill overlooking the racetrack. It was filled with wildflowers and was the perfect backdrop.
My brother, Vincent, and his wife flew in for the ceremony along with Hendrix’s brother, Finn, his wife, Sylvie, his stepsister, Palmer, and her husband, Banks. It was nice to finally meet them in person. We had talked over the phone and on FaceTime and I liked them all instantly.
“They can stay,” I say when Hendrix tries to usher his friends out.
“What?” He asks, turning to look at me like I just took away his favorite toy.
“They can stay,” I repeat and then I head over to the kitchen counter and pick up the gift bag.
My heart starts to race as I hand it to him and I don’t even know why. Hendrix is going to be thrilled that we’re having a baby. He’s been making love to me every chance he can get, taking me bare like it was his sole mission in life to get me pregnant.
He shakes the bag, a boyish smile taking over his face and I fall in love with him a little bit more.
I always thought that falling in love wasn’t in the cards for me. Real love,truelove, seemed so rare and I didn’t think I would be one of the lucky ones to have it. Maybe I wouldn’t have if Elodie and Malia hadn’t dragged me to the racetrack all those years ago.
Hendrix finally starts to pull out the tissue paper and I hold my breath, my eyes locked on his face as he pulls out the baby onesie. He doesn’t even read the front of it, just looks up at me. There’s a hopeful look in his eyes and I nod wordlessly.
A second later, I’m in his arms.
“Really?” He asks, and I feel the tears that I was holding back slip free.
“Really. We’re going to be parents.”
Hendrix squeezes me so tight that I have to wiggle in his hold to be able to breathe and he instantly releases me.
“Sorry. I love you,” he says, and I laugh.
“I love you too.”
“I bet it’s a boy,” Kade says, and I wrap my arms around my husband as I turn to face our friends.
“I hope so. Can you imagine how scary it would be to have a girl?” Thorne asks, looking terrified, and I laugh.
Hendrix tugs me tighter against him and I smile as he kisses the top of my head.
“I just hope they look like their mama,” he whispers to me and I grin.
I keep my wish that they look like their father to myself. Our friends start suggesting names, and Hendrix interlocks our fingers as we join them at the kitchen table.
I never thought that this would be my life. I figured I was destined to go back to New York and live a busy, fast paced life there.
I’m so glad that I didn’t. I wouldn’t trade what I have for anything, and as I look over at Hendrix, I know that he feels the exact same way.
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Sequoia: Stud Farm
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