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“For giving me everything I’ve ever wanted but was too stubborn to fight for until now.”
His lips come down on mine, and we seal our forever with a kiss.
Epilogue
Jude
Sadie and I walk into my dad’s house on Sunday morning, and there’s a brunette wearing my dad’s flannel shirt at the table. I wince and groan.
“Hi, I’m Sadie,” my wife says. “And this is Jude.”
The brunette seems alarmed by our intrusion but shakes Sadie’s hand. “I’m Janice.”
“Hi, Dad.” Sadie walks over to the stove where he’s scrambling eggs for his lady friend and kisses his cheek, then steals a cheese danish.
“Why are you here this early?” Dad asks.
“I have to borrow your UTV because mine is at the shop,” I say.
“Where are you two going?” he asks.
“Um…” I eye Janice and offer her a small smile.
“To see Daisy,” Sadie says, giving a vague enough answer that the woman here might not realize we’re going to see my mom. She rubs her swollen belly with a smile.
“Glad you told me. I would’ve spoiled the news. Managed to keep it to myself this long, but that was gonna come to an end.” He continues to work at the stove.
Emmett walks in, apparently unfazed by the woman’s presence as he says over his shoulder, “You owe me. We made a bet.”
Ben’s right behind him.
“Why are you two here? This is why I made you move out and build your own houses,” Dad grumbles.
“What was the bet?” I ask, sitting on a chair and patting my leg for Sadie.
She sits down and offers me a bite of her danish.
“That you’d be engaged by the end of this season.” Emmett smiles proudly. “He’s been dodging me for months.”
“And they got married at the end of last season. So, you lost.” Ben sits down next to me.
“Will you two stop arguing?” Gillian says, walking in with Clayton right behind her.
“Why am I here?” Clayton asks in the way that only a put-upon teenager can.
Janice’s eyes widen as she looks around at all the new faces.
Gillian sits on Ben’s lap, and he kisses her.
Clayton groans. “Need any help, Bruce?”
Bruce puts Clayton to work.
“Ben’s being a cheap-ass, Gillian,” Emmett whines.
“I’d pay if you were right.” He gives Emmett a smug smile.
Emmett grabs my left hand and holds it up. “I couldn’t be any righter.”
