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“Sure. And if that man could do it before ten o’clock at night, it would be appreciated.” Jack smiled and touched the brim of his hat.
Jack hopped into the cruiser and reported in to the dispatcher. He glanced at the clock, noting his shift was over. The thought of going home to Maggie was enough reason for him to glance at the clock several times a day even though he loved his job.
He smiled, wondering how he could have ever doubted that he and Lexi could get along. She’d made him proud this year, trying out for the basketball team and becoming a decent point guard.
Maggie and Lexi grew especially close planning the wedding. Lexi was the maid of honor, pretty in a pink and white dress, but no one was ever more beautiful than his bride on that day almost three months ago.
One year ago, he’d had trouble sleeping more than three hours a night if he was lucky. These days, his bride had to rouse him every morning from a sound sleep so he wouldn’t be late for work.
Even the Bradshaws were now content with Jack and Maggie’s marriage, although they feigned shock when they first found out about Jack’s proposal. In the end, they realized they would get to spend even more time with Lexi. She’d stayed with her grandparents while Jack and Maggie honeymooned in Hawaii and now Lexi visited her grandparents almost every weekend.
He and Maggie decided to allow Lexi to choose whether she would go back with them to Virginia when they visited Kimberly this summer. Kimberly and the girls attended the wedding, with Kimberly tactfully touting the great public schools back inVirginia. Still, he’d decided to keep their new family in Harte’s Peak for now. Lexi was doing well in school and didn’t need the upheaval.
Ryan teased him about his ready-made family. But when Jack saw men like Tim, he shook his head in wonder. He didn’t know what he would do without Maggie and Lexi. He kissed the silver cross on the chain around his neck that Maggie gave him on the day he was baptized in front of the congregation six months ago.
There was no doubt about it. He was the most blessed man alive. Jack rolled down the long and curving driveway and headed home.
