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He shrugs. “Well, I don’t think you have. But I really do just want you to be happy. I really want you happy with me. If you choose someone else, I might be put in prison for murder, so…”
I can’t help but laugh, and even Clover laughs in her carrier.
“You hurt me. Don’t ever do it again. You have to be open and transparent with me about your feelings going forward. Good or bad. Promise me.”
The hope and relief in his eyes almost has me bursting into tears. “I promise you, Adeline. But be prepared, because you’re going to have to listen to me talk a lot about how much I love you. It could get annoying.”
I shake my head at him. “Now, tell me… how do you heal my hurt?”
He stares at me, and I walk toward him. He wraps his arm around my waist and pulls me to him. “I kiss it until you feel better?”
“You better believe it, and this hurt is going to take me a long time to recover from.” I grin.
“I’d have it no other way.” He places his lips on mine.
We try to keep it PG for the kids. There’s a little tongue, but not too much. Don’t want a bunch of parents calling me.
When I pull away, he rests his forehead on mine. “Thank you.”
“For?” I pull away to look at him.
“Loving me. You fixed all those broken pieces inside me and made me whole again.”
“Thanks for loving me back.”
He kisses me again. Clover whines, and we both peer into her car seat.
Damon unstraps her and picks her up, bringing her into our hug. “I’m happy to have both my girls in my life again.”
I give him a quick, chaste kiss.
“Funny, huh?” he asks.
“What?”
“We never found out who sent that text. We really have them to thank for ending up here.”
I roll my eyes. “I told you I was going to tell you anyway.”
“But who knows? Maybe you would have, maybe you wouldn’t. Whoever sent that text is the real reason we’re standing here.”
I look at my mom, and she’s smiling so wide it makes me wonder. Truth is, there are a lot of people it could’ve been for a whole slew of reasons.
“I don’t care how we got here, I’m just happy we did,” I say.
“Me too.” He takes my chin in his hands, tilting my head up. “I love you.” He seals it with a gentle kiss that patches up all the bruises on my heart.
And Clover decides to take that special moment to, with one long grunt, have a blowout in her diaper.
“Eww!” the whole class shouts.
Damon and I just laugh.
Never a dull moment.
Epilogue
Damon
