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“Are you serious? You really do want all this? For us?” Sammie asked.
“It’s all fast, I know, but we waited long enough to start a life together, and I’m not going to waste another minute.”
“It would be a dream come true,” Sammie said. “We can make it ours. I know we can.”
Once we got downstairs, I took Murphy aside while the women talked piecrust recipes to make sure he understood how serious I was about buying the house and property. Was it reckless and impulsive? Maybe. But I was tired of waiting to start my life with Sammie and Chloe. With everything they’d gone through, it was time for our life of domesticity to begin. I couldn’t wait. As much as I loved my brothers and living together at the house, it was time for me to leave the nest. I would make one of my own with my own family. This place felt right.
“I’ll call you tomorrow after I talk to the bank in town,” I said.
“I’ll look forward to it.” Murphy held out his hand for me to shake. “You’ve got a real pretty girl there. Both of them.”
“Thank you, sir. I’m pinching myself.”
“The little one’s adorable. Reminds me of my Sophia.” Mr. Murphy looked out toward his barn. “We had a lot of good years here. It’s going to be hard to let it go, but the missus is tired of living so far from a city. She’s done her part to make my dream come true. Now it’s time for me to make some of hers happen.”
On the way down the dirt road, two kittens mewing from the cat carrier, Sammie reached over the console to take my hand.
“Do you think you can get a loan?” Sammie asked. “Is it a lot of money?”
“He’s giving me a fair price. Or us, I should say. Your name will be on the deed too.” I smiled over at her. “I’m going to have to get used to saying ‘us,’ aren’t I?”
“I guess so.” Sammie flushed, smiling wide. “Is it possible to be this happy?”
“Are you happy ’cause kittens?” Chloe asked.
“I’m happy because Thad Moon loves us,” Sammie said.
“Me too?” Chloe asked.
“How could I not love you?” I asked Chloe, meeting her gaze in the rearview mirror. “You’re my girls, sent to me from God himself to make my life complete.”
Chloe grinned. “You be my daddy?”
“That’s right,” I said. “Did you know that my Pop is actually my stepdad?”
“Oh,” Chloe said.
That had clearly gone over her head.
“I was about your age when he married my mom and became my dad,” I said.
“You and mama getting married?” Chloe’s eyes doubled in size.
“I haven’t officially asked your mama, but I’m pretty sure she’s going to say yes.” I winked at Sammie.
“I say yes,” Chloe shouted. “Will I have a baby sister?”
“There are two people in this car who get way ahead of themselves too fast,” Sammie said, laughing.
“If God blesses us with a sister or brother for you, I’d be pretty happy,” I said.
“Me too,” Chloe said. “I’m a girl, not a kitten. I need a friend.”
“I have a feeling you’re going to have some cousins soon,” Sammie said.
“Really?” I gave her a sideways glance. “Do you know something?”
“Nothing substantiated, but I think so.” She mouthed the word Annie so that Chloe wouldn’t hear.
