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A knock on the locker room door let her know it was time.
She wasn’t afraid. In fact, this felt perfect.
Her bouquet had flowers coming out of an old basketball with a stem at the bottom for her to hold it. It was perfect.
She opened the door and the principal and the superintendent stood there.
“Are you ready?”
“Yes, and thank you for walking me down the aisle. You two seemed like the perfect choice since my father isn’t here.”
“We’re honored,” the principal said.
“Good practice for when Georgia gets married. And no, that’s not happening any time soon.”
She smiled at them, took their arms and they walked out the door. The girls, her team, were lined up at the center of the court where the Justice of the Peace and Zach waited for her.
Georgia stood up next to her. It seemed only right since the girl was the first one Emily told that she loved Zach. Max stood beside Zach.
A big smile spread across his face.
Basketball season was over. The girls had gone to the UIL tournament but hadn’t won the championship, but it was further than Cupid had ever made it, and she felt certain her team would win next year.
Georgia had received a scholarship from Duke, her alma mater. Jayden was going to Texas A&M and Zach was so excited for the kid.
Several other students had received scholarships and their teaching contracts had been renewed.
The last day of school had passed, and she and Zach had the entire summer to honeymoon.
The lawsuit was in the final stages of negotiations, but she didn’t care about the money. Her name had been cleared and that was all that mattered.
As a gift to Zach, she wanted to set up a foundation to help abused kids in his brother’s name. That was the only plan she had for the money she would receive. But if it helped one child, then it would be worth it.
She stepped in front of Zach.
The Justice of the Peace smiled. “Who gives this woman away?”
The girls on her team, who she loved so very much all screamed. “We do.”
The crowd laughed and she took Zach’s hand in hers.
Staring into his eyes, she knew that their future would always be filled with games. Lots of games. Loving games.
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Thankyou for reading Cupid Games, the twelfth book in this series and probably the last. Though I won’t rule anything out. I’ve enjoyed seeing couples find love after making the disastrous choice to dance around the Cupid statue. Zach and Emily were so much fun to write and I hope you enjoyed them as much as I did. Authors love it when readers leave a review, whether it’s good or bad.
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Hollywood, California
Staring at the envelope in her hand, Jennifer Moss sat in her Volvo waiting to pick up her son from the Hollywood high school baseball practice. Before she left the house, she’d grabbed the mail.
Now, an eerie sense of foreboding spiraled through her and filled her with anxiety. But then every time she received a piece of mail in which she didn’t recognize the name on the envelope, her stomach churned.
Could this be from her? How many times had she gotten her hopes up for them only to be dashed? Would this be the same?
A soft breeze blew through the window on the cloudless day. For a moment, she stopped breathing as she stared at the address.
