Page 109 of Roxie

She felt someone come to stand behind her, and she relaxed back against a big, warm body.Talk about the good side of life.“Billy,” she sighed.

He wrapped his arms around her waist as she poured Maddox another root beer.“How are you doing?”

“I’m wiped.”Emotionally, physically, and mentally.

“Better than just getting answers?”

She stilled.That was what she’d always said, wasn’t it?That she just wanted answers.

“Much better.”She looked at the table packed with so many people who were important to her, people she’d known forever, and people she’d only begun to know again.

She laid her hand over his at her waist.“I’m sorry your reunion with your mom didn’t go better.”

He inhaled and his chest pressed against her back.“I want you to meet her.We’ve been… talking.”

“I’d like that,” she whispered.The woman was troubled, but she’d given her the love of her life.“She’s an important part of you.You shouldn’t have to deal with her situation on your own.”

Billy turned her around to face him.His green gaze was inquisitive as it swept over her face.“You didn’t correct me when I introduced myself as your husband.”

Roxie shrugged.“Details.”

“A pretty big one.”

She traced the tattoo on his arm.“Well, I was hoping we were making our way back to that.”

“Like when?”

She pushed at his shoulder.“Billy.”

“Today?”he kept going.

She cocked her head.“Come on.”

He caught her chin.“I never signed those papers, Roxie.”

“Wha… What?”

“I’ve never been your ex.”

“But… Billy!All these years?”

He crowded her closer to the bar.“I was pissed off when I received them, so I didn’t sign them out of stubbornness.They sat there, and you never followed up.When I finally went to sign them, I couldn’t.Because I loved you.”

He caught her chin.“I always have, and I always will.”

“So, I’m an old married woman?”

He winced.“Technically…”

“Talk about big details.”She glared at him, but then bounced up on her toes to kiss him.

The kiss cut through all the confusion and clutter until Roxie realized they weren’t even there anymore.She had all the answers she needed, and she had the man she loved.

Wrapping her arms around his neck, she wiggled closer, cranking the temperature of the kiss higher until someone whistled.

She was grinning when she looked over Billy’s shoulder.Everyone at the table was watching them.Charlie and Skeeter, Lexie and Cam, Maxie and Zac, her parents, her brothers, and even Blaire.

Three little lost girls had found their way home.

“Maxie, crank the music up on that jukebox.Lexie, put on your dancing shoes.”Grinning like a devil, Roxie pumped her arm and let out a “whoop, whoop!”

It was time to get the party started for real.

This place was about to see the biggest ruckus ever.

~The End~