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“He'll be fine,” Luke says, grinning at me, as though he can tell what I'm thinking. Then again, my new husband seems to have the uncanny knack of reading my mind.
At that point, Mikey comes to us with a tray full of cookies. He quit the hockey team to focus on baking, and now at every game, he hands out cookies he calls 'Mikey's treats'. They’re a hit with the parents and Luke couldn't be prouder.
"We have a young entrepreneur on our hands," he says to Mikey, who smiles back. Luke snags a cookie from the tray, bites in, and moans. "Damn. These are good. I can't believe my son is going to be the next Gordon Ramsey."
Mikey blushes, pleased. "Thanks. But Gordon Ramsey doesn't bake."
"That he doesn't," Mikey ruffles his hair. "Which makes you better."
Mikey doesn't say anything but I know he enjoys the compliment.
He’s still not the most vocal kid in the world but he's talking more than before. Chase's influence. And Mikey has his own group of friends now, including a young chatty girl, named Emma, who helps him bake and follows him practically everywhere.
Mikey returns to her and I watch the two head off with their heads together, talking about who knows what.
After he goes, Luke leans into me to whisper. "Did I mention, by the way, how good you look in that dress?"
I smile at him. "Once or twice."
"Good, because you look amazing in that dress."
I roll my eyes. "Hard to look amazing when you're as pregnant as I am."
I rub my hand over my swollen belly, and Luke's eyes flare, his smile widening. He always loves it when I refer to our incoming bundle of joy, and he beams the same way he did when I told him about the pregnancy.
Mikey and Chase are also looking forward to the new baby–the doctor tells us it's a girl. They’ve already listed out all the things they're going to teach her.
Personally, I’m a little terrified of going through childbirth again. Chase was not an easy pregnancy. But luckily, Luke’s here every step of the way.
He wraps his arm around me pulling me closer. "You look as beautiful as the day I married you. Remember that?"
"I remember." Our wedding had been a tasteful, exclusive ceremony held in Mykonos. All our guests had been flown in, and Luke also had a designer flown in from France, to help me with my dress.
Something delicate and beautiful for my princesshe said
The ceremony wasn't as over the top as the magazines predicted it would be, but it was so beautiful I could still cry. Truly the perfect day.
And I’ve loved him every day since, and of course a bunch of days before.
When I see the way he interacts with our kids and the way he loves me, I love him even more. Sometimes I see the scars on his body and remember he took three bullets for me. And then I remember the fear of almost losing him. But it’s getting easier to deal with the trauma, especially since the culprit is now serving a life sentence and Billy is also gone. I haven't heard from him since the incident. Sometimes I wonder if he’s doing ok and have the urge to reach out to him but I don't. I'm scared of putting my family in danger again. As selfish as it is, my family comes first.
"Did I ever tell you how handsome you are?" Luke shakes his head with a smile.
"Yes, but you can tell me again, tonight after our son wins the game."
"Don’t you mean if?"
"No, I mean when."
And when the whistle blows signaling Chase's win, Luke sweeps me into his arms and lays a kiss on my lips, in front of everyone.
The End. →
