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Sonnet’s hand rests on my thighs. I ended up getting a box suite when she said she wanted to come along. And now the other seats in the skybox are taken with resident from the shelter where we volunteer every week. They have a buffet of hotdogs, hamburgers, chips, and desserts all at their fingertips and are encouraged to go back for seconds.
Nyck heads inside the suite and my stomach plummets. We have a surprise for Sonnet all worked out. I asked him for permission to ask for Sonnet to become my wife this last week and he said that he wanted to be there. I figured the game was the perfect place. Now the seventh inning stretch, the music starts up and people start singing “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.”
Nyck pulls Harmony outside with his ball glove tucked under his arm.
Harmony’s voice rings out and I can see why she’s recently been cast in the local performing arts rendition ofPhantom of the Opera.She’s got the pipes.
The song ends and the score board lights up. It’s now or never.
It’s only now.
“Sonnet?”
“Yeah, honey?” She lays her head on my shoulder. “What’s up?”
I point to the scoreboard as Nyck comes over and opens his mitt in front of her.
Her eyes squint to the scoreboard.
Will you marry me, Sonnet?
When she comes back to Nyck, the diamond ring is shining in the Denver sun.
Six months I waited to ask her when I really wanted to do it on Valentine’s Day, but I wanted to make sure she was doing okay. That our love was perfectly perfect.
And it is.
She doesn’t hesitate. Her head starts bobbin up and down with her hand on her mouth. “Yes! Yes! I will marry you, Jasper.”
I lock her lips to mine and the crowd erupts. Apparently, they’d been casting to the big screens around the ballpark.
I slip the ring on her finger and peck her lips again. “So perfect.”
Nyck slips in front of us and Harmony comes from behind us for a group hug.
Sonnet thinks that I rescued her, but in the end, she rescued me, too. I was too protective of my heart. I was too stubborn to let anyone in.
But never again.
I’ve been rescued, too.
