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When we pulled apart, Lacie smiled.
“I love you too.”
We walked up the courthouse steps together, and within an hour, we came back out holding our certificate of marriage. Hillary caught my eye, and the look on her face softened. I think that despite herself, despite me not taking her advice and refusing to sign the prenup, she was happy for me.
I wrapped my arms around the hard-nosed lawyer that had been around my family my whole life. She held me tight, and when I pulled away she had tears in her eyes.
“I’m happy for you, Mr. Knight.”
“Shut up, Hillary,” I laughed. “You’ve never called me that in my life.”
“Well, you’re a man, now. You’ve grown up so much and I’m proud of you.”
My eyes welled up in spite of my best efforts to stop them. Hillary was almost like a mother to me. She’d been there for me when my parents turned their backs on me, when they thought I’d amount to nothing. I hugged her again, and then turned to my new bride.
“Let’s go bring your mom to her treatment,” I said. “And then we can celebrate.”
Our little gang stayed together at the hospital with Sandra for her whole treatment. We all went back to our house in the hills after, and I set my mother-in-law up in a bedroom in the guest house at the back of the property.
“I had this prepared for you,” I said. “I figured you’d probably be spending most of your time here with us.”
Sandra put her hands on my cheeks and kissed my forehead. “Thank you, Maddox. You are a wonderful man.”
My heart swelled in my chest, and I turned to see Lacie in the doorway. I put my arm around her and we went back towards the main house, where I could hear champagne bottles popping and our friends starting the biggest celebration of our lives.
The sun was setting over the city, and I stopped to take in the sky with Lacie. She leaned against me, tucking her head against my chest.
“I love you, Maddox,” she said.
“I love you too, Lacie.”
