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“You got it. I’m glad I could help. I wanted to let you know that we just sent a courier over to your place with some files for you while you’re working from home. So be on the lookout. They should be there soon if you want to let your doorman know.”
“Thank you so much, Phillip. For everything.”
“Of course. Let’s talk soon.”
I ended the call and dialed the front desk to let them know to send the courier right up when he arrived.
I was finding my new normal now, and it was the most at peace I’d felt in my life since before I went to law school. When I thought I had life all figured out. Now I knew that I didn’t need to have it all figured out. I just had to trust my gut and stop doing what everyone else wanted me to do and figure out what I wanted.
It wasn’t easy.
Pleasing people, chasing dreams that might not even be your own—they become a part of you. And when you sit down and really think about what you want out of your life, it’s not always the path that you’re on.
There was a knock on the door, and I shoved a few boxes against the wall before pulling it open.
My jaw fell open as Cage and Gracie stood there, with her little hand in his and him with his typical stoic smirk, giving nothing away.
“Presley!” Gracie shouted before lunging into my arms.
I wrapped her up and breathed her in, and the most overwhelming burst of emotions took over. Sobs left my throat, and tears dripped down my face. I didn’t try to stop them this time; I wanted to live in them.
To remember why I felt this way.
“I missed you,” I said as we both sobbed.
“Uh, can I come inside?” Cage’s deep voice startled me, and I chuckled through the sobs.
“Of course.” I kissed Gracie’s cheek, and she squirmed out of my arms and walked over to her father. She took his hand, blinking up at me with tears still running down her face.
“Hey,” he said.
“Hey yourself. What are you two doing here?”
Gracie looked up at her father, and he winked at her. “We came to get our girl.”
“Oh, yeah? What are you going to do once you have her?”
“I’m going to fight like hell to keep her this time,” he said.
“What if she never really left, and she’s been yours all along?” I asked, my voice shaking.
He dropped Gracie’s hand and moved so fast it took my breath away. He had me in his arms, and he kissed me hard. “I’ve been yours all along, too. I don’t want to make the same mistakes we made before. I want to do it differently this time.”
“Me, too,” I whispered, as I stared up into those sapphire blues.
He kissed me hard again and then led me to the couch before pulling me onto his lap. Gracie came over, and I settled her on my lap, and we all three laughed at how ridiculous we were.
But I couldn’t get close enough.
Cage and Gracie were like breathing air to me. My world didn’t work without them now.
“We’re here to tell you that we don’t want to live without you. Gracie helped me see things clearly with all her paintings,” he said, and his gaze softened.
“Tell me.”
“You and I have weathered a lot of storms, Presley. And we always let those come between us. But this, now… you and me, my daughter—we’ve gotten through the storm, and now it’s time to rebuild. However that looks, whatever it takes, we don’t care, as long as we’re together after the storm.”
“Because we’re all ravens. Right, Daddy?”
