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“I disagree and not because I’m a jealous asshole. People will have to deal and move on. It was only a matter of time before it would come out.” I know he’s right. There is no way that we can continue to hide how we feel for one another. It’s not fair to either one of us.
“Okay.”
“Okay as in you agree with me?” I don’t think he was expecting me to give in so easily. But I’m tired of all of this. Of allowing all of my fears to impact the narrative of my life.
“Yeah, I agree with you. We both have felt a little lost in this family, but when I’m with you, it doesn’t feel that way.”
“Because you’re mine and I’m yours.”
“Dunc.” I sniffle.
“I promise I’ll spend my life loving you, and that is a promise I will never break.”
“I promise to love you too.”
Dunc claims my mouth in a kiss. I allow myself to get lost in him, knowing today is a new beginning for both of us. I’m not hiding us. Dunc and I will have the life we always dreamed of.Together.
EPILOGUE
DUNCAN
A few years later
“You anxious to leave, boss?”My foreman asks.
“Got plans,” I admit. I try to keep the grin off my face, but it’s not possible. I’m half hard thinking about Sadie waiting for me at home. Good thing I have my tool belt.
The guys hoot and holler but keep their dirty thoughts to themselves. They know better. Had to set a few straight after Sadie visited me on site a few years ago, but since then, everyone treats her with a healthy amount of respect.
Blake hands me a rundown of the shit we accomplished today. I review it and sign off. “Don’t look for me in the morning,” I tell him.
“Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do,” he calls after me.
“Sounds more like a challenge than a warning.” I give him a chin nod and take off.
On the way home, I pick up the flowers, cake, and a little bling-bling I think will look pretty around her neck.
When I arrive home, our dog tries to jump into my arms and eat the cake—or the flowers. One of the two.
“No, Panda!” yells Elsa. My three-year-old grabs the collar of our black and white shaggy-haired mix who weighs at least twice as much as she does. Fischl appears and picks up Elsa before the little one is crushed by her doggo.
“Sadie’s putting away our shopping,” Fischl informs me. The two are stocking the new nursery. Sadie’s twenty-four weeks along with our second kid. Everything Sadie and I had dreamed about is coming true.
I drop my packages on the counter and lift my girl out of her grandma’s arms. “How was your day, baby girl?”
“Good.” She holds my face between her tiny hands and gives me a wet smack. “How wath your day?”
I chuckle. “Good but better now.”
“Time for us to go, Chickadee.” Fischl takes Elsa back.
“Where we going, gamma?” Elsa is happy to be back with her grandmother. The two of them are thicker than thieves. Always up to no good.
“To grandpa’s house with the big pool and the ice cream freezer.”
Elsa screams with glee and allows herself to be carried away.
I unwrap the cellophane from the flowers and tuck the jewelry box in my back pocket. Panda is at my heels when Sadie meets me on the stairs. “I didn’t hear you come in.”
