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Chapter Twenty
Lennox - One Year Later
It had beenone year since Mason and I tied the knot. I had plans for our first anniversary and couldn’t wait to surprise him. Dad and Kathryn agreed to keep Emma for the night so Mason and I could have one last night together before my tour started.
Mason and Emma were going to join me, that meant they wouldn’t get to see Emma for six months. I was excited to get to share that part of my life with them, but I was nervous having a small child running around on a tour bus. The tour was small and I knew that it was my first and last tour for awhile. I still wanted music to be a big part of my life, but I couldn’t make my family suffer to do it.
I knew Mason said he was more than happy to follow me around the world, but I didn’t want to do that to Emma. She deserved a normal childhood, where she could run around in a back yard, not on a bus. Dad and Kathryn had just picked Emma up and I was waiting on Mason to get home.
They had packed up my old room so Emma could have her own bedroom at their place. They brought all of my old stuff over and I had been going through it for several days. I found stuff I forgot I had and stuff I never thought I would see again, a white summer dress in particular.
It was the dress I had on the day Mason and I met. I tried it on and it still fit, even after all those years.
After I walked in and found Ashley in bed with Mason, I threw the dress away thinking I would never be able to look at it again. I guess my dad found it after I left for Tennessee and put it away from me.
It had been years since Mason had seen the dress. I hoped that he remembered it, I wasn’t sure if he would or not.
I pulled the dress on and slid into a pair of white flip flops. My hair was hanging down in loose curls and I put on just a touch of makeup. When he walked through the door, I was standing at the top of the staircase. His eyes traveled up the stairs, to my legs, and up my body.
I saw something in his eyes change. They became softer and lighter as he looked up at me.
“I can’t believe you still have that dress.”
“You remember it?” I asked slowly walking down the stairs.
“How could I forget it?” he asked watching me.
“You were wearing this dress the day I first set eyes on you. I thought you were so beautiful in this dress with your bare feet. I couldn’t get you out of my mind that day, or any day since then.” He wrapped his arms around me and pulled me against his chest.
“I have a surprise for you for our anniversary.”
“That’s today?” he asked with a smile.
I smacked him on the arm. “You know it’s today. Come on,” I said pulling him out the door.
We got into my Jeep and I started the engine. “Here, wear this.” I held out a blindfold.
“Why?” he asked taking it from me.
“Because it’s a surprise. Now put it on.”
Mason did as he was told and I drove us to town. After driving for awhile, we were finally there. I turned off the car and came around to his side to open his door.
“I think you’re a little backwards here.”
“Just be quiet and walk,” I said leading him to where we needed to be. “Okay, you can take the blindfold off.”
He pulled it off and looked at the big white yacht. “This was our last date.” His eyes met mine and it was like we were eighteen again.
“Come on, dinner is waiting.” I took his hand in mine and led him onto the boat.
“I can’t believewe’ve been married a year already,” I said holding Mason’s hand across the small table.
The waiter poured us each a glass of wine. Mason picked up his glass while I picked up my glass of water, his brows pulled up in confusion.
“There is one more surprise.” I smiled and handed over a small box.
He opened it and pulled out the white stick.
