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“I knew we couldn’t trust you not to break her heart, you sonofabitch!” Hurricane growls, standing from his seat.
“Sit. Down!” I yell, and he huffs, retaking his seat. “We’re not breaking up, we’re very much together, and we’re not doing long distance. I love you all. I need you to know that. You’re my world and have been my entire life, but South needs me now. So I am going to LA to help him with Bella.”
They all widen their eyes, gawking at me.
“You’re moving to LA?” Novah blurts out in the same tone as before.
Hurricane shakes his head. “No… you stay here with us.Youhave to stay whereyourfamilyis.”
I lower my hand to my stomach and nod. “And that is exactly what I’m doing. South is my family because… I’m pregnant.”
Their eyes all bug out of their heads as they gasp, then silence falls over them, so I continue, “Trust me… we’re just as shocked as you are. But South needs to be with his family, and I am the one bringing that family into the world, so Ihaveto be with him.”
Hurricane stands, letting out a long exhale and rubbing the back of his neck. “All right, I get it…family is everything. You have to go. But fuck, I am gonna miss the hell out of you,” he says, walking over and taking me into a giant embrace.
I wrap my arms around my stepson, holding onto him for dear life with tears running down my face. “I love you, Hurricane. You have been such ahugepart of my life, and just because I’m starting a new chapter doesn’t mean I close this one. You willalwaysbe my son.”
He pulls back, tears in his eyes, as he smiles. “Andyouwill always be my mom. I love you.”
“Love you too.” We hug again as everyone else steps up in a big group hug.
“Congratulations, Mom! But can you please have a girl? I am so overrun by boys,” Novah jokes, and we all laugh as I wipe away my tears.
“I will certainly try, darling. I’m going to miss this.”
“But you have someone who is going to take great care of you and my little brother,” Nash states, clearly revving Novah up.
Novah glares at him. “She’s going to be our sister, Nash!”
I roll my eyes, turning to South and wrapping my arms around his neck as they continue to fight amongst themselves. “See, even as adults, they’re still babies… are you ready for that?”
South leans in, briefly pressing his lips to my nose and smiling so wide. “So fucking ready. I can’t wait to be a parent with you.”
“It’s going to be a journey,” I tell him.
“It will, but were on that road together, and that is all that matters. ’Til the end, angel.”
“’Til the end,” I reply, then kiss him passionately. I don’t care that all my children are watching or that the dinner is burning in the kitchen.
If there is one thing I have learned in the past few months, it’s that life is short.
In a matter of a second, everything you love can be obliterated in the blink of an eye.
So you have to hold on to what you have and treasure it like it’s gold. And that is what I am doing. Holding onto my precious pieces of gold and treasuring them because when your life is sparkling and shining bright, it makes everything that much better.
That is what South does. He makes everything better.
And I can’t wait for us to start this next adventure together—me, him, and our precious little piece of sparkling gold growing inside me.
EPILOGUE
Hurricane
One Month Later
This feels bittersweet.
On the one hand, Ingrid is moving away, which feels like a pain I never thought I would have to endure. Losing her is fucking heartbreaking, especially when I know she’s pregnant. All I want to do is watch over her, take care of her, and support her like she has done for me for most of my life.
