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I knew she would. That’s why, as soon as Wes told me it was up for rent, I called the office and put down a deposit. She liked staying with them, and I knew she was a little sad when Director Fields got locked up a few counties over. She wasn’t upset that the douche was in jail. Good riddance to him. According to Coin & Coin, Rory’s high-powered attorney parents, he was going away for the rest of his life. And with his charge as a sex offender… prison was not going to be kind to him. Hope he enjoys his karma. Jess was just a little sad she had to go back to her dorm. She’d grown used to having everyone around. Family was something she didn’t have much of, so leaving the one she found to go back to campus stung.
I was gonna fix it, make sure she had lots of family around her all the time. Thank God for those bros. All of them.
It’s true what they say, you know? Blood makes you related, but loyalty makes you family.
We settled into a comfortable silence, but it didn’t last long. “You brought your laptop?”
I nodded, glancing at the computer sitting close by. “Figured we could watch a movie.”
“Hmm. What movie?”
“Bride of Chucky, of course.”
“Did you bring popcorn and M&M’s?”
What did she think this was, my first rodeo? “Duh. But you can’t have any.”
Her head popped up. “Why not?”
“Because I need my sugar first.”
Laughing, she pushed up to straddle my lap, my hands falling to her hips.
“Wifey.”
Her eyes flicked to the rings on her finger and then back to me. “Thank you, Ben. Thank you for always being there for me. For seeing past my circumstances and looking at who I was, who I wanted to be. Thank you for having the biggest heart of anyone I’ve ever known. I know I grew up poor, but you taught me the real meaning of being rich. It’s not money or status. It’s having someone who will love me even if I forget them.”
I laughed. I used it to hide the fact I was getting a little choked up.
“Most of all, thank you for being my best friend… and then becoming more.” She leaned in, pressing her lips to mine like she was sealing all those beautiful words. Without lifting her mouth, she whispered, “For being my everything.”
After that, we didn’t say anything at all.
Not with words anyway.
But let me tell you… the conversation was like whoa.
