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“Do you want to have kids? I guess we’ve never really talked about it.” I avoid answering the question.
“I don’t know. I guess if they happened, I would be happy.”
“I don’t want to have kids.” The words come out so fast that I’m not sure that he can understand them. “I love my brothers’ kids, but I don’t think I have that maternal gene. I just like being the fun aunt.”
“Okay.”
“Okay?”
“Georgia, if you haven’t figured it out yet, I’m crazy about you. I want to spend forever with you. If kids are something you don’t see in your future then that’s the way it will be. I don’t feel a burning need to be a dad. I like the idea of being a fun uncle.”
“I love you, Boone.”
“I love you, too.”
I climb up his body and show him just how much I love him, causing us to be late to the Iron H.
* * *
“I thought you were going to be here twenty minutes ago,” Cole calls out as we get out of Boone’s truck.
I can feel the blush spread across my face. “Um, we were delayed.”
Boone wraps his arm around my shoulders. “Leave her alone, Cole. We didn’t need to be here at any certain time. It’s my day off.”
“Sorry, Georgia.” Cole looks downright contrite, but I’m sure he’ll give Boone more shit later.
“It’s okay. Where’s Daisy?” I’m nervous and want to get this over with. I’m trying to put on a brave front, but being back here is scary as hell.
“Remember you don’t have to do this if you aren’t ready. We can go, wait a few more weeks,” Boone says looking into my eyes as if he’ll be able to tell exactly what I need.
“I can do this. It will be okay.” I take a deep breath and square my shoulders.
Daisy is brought out of the barn and over to where we are standing. I instantly feel calm. She’s such a beautiful horse and she didn’t mean to hurt me. I walk right up to her and rub her head.
“Hello, sweet lady,” I whisper for only her ears. “I’m sorry you were scared. Everyone is okay. We are okay.”
I can feel tears falling down my face, but I can’t back away from the horse. She lays her head against my chest. It feels like her version of an apology. This is the moment I needed. I’m fully healed now.
“I’ll be back to see you, Daisy. Maybe we can go for a ride next time.”
They lead Daisy away, but I can’t turn around yet. I feel Boone’s arms wrap around me.
“You did so good, wildflower,” Boone whispers as if he also feels the moment is too fragile for anything else. “Tell me what you need now and it’s yours.”
I turn in his arms and wrap my arms around his body. “I just need you.”
“You already have that, Georgia,” he promises. “I’m yours forever.”
Epilogue
Boone
1 year later
A whole year the crazy woman has made me wait. All I want to do is marry her and she’s made me wait a whole year. She thinks she’s funny, but she’s not. I mean she is, but she drives me crazy.
I want to give Georgia whatever she wants in life, but why couldn’t we just go to the courthouse and get married by the justice of the peace? It isn’t like she’s planned a grand wedding either. When I asked her why we had to wait, she said it was because she liked this date. The date.
