Page 573 of St. Mary's Rebels Box Set Volume 1

Which I’ll do tonight.

Like always.

And like always, he’ll get impatient and grab me before the song’s done. He’ll take my clothes off and kiss every inch of my skin. Even though I’m not the same after the pregnancy. I’ve got ugly stretch marks and the scar where they cut Halo out of me still lingers.

But it won’t matter.

Because it’s him and he still kisses my belly like it carries precious life.

For now though, we’ll eat dinner.

Later, Halo and I will show him the surprise we made for him — cupcakes with ‘Halo + Mommy loves Daddy’ spelled out in pink frosting.

Which I know he’s going to love.

I also know that he’s going to choke up a little like he always does when Halo and I make him something. Like he thinks he doesn’t deserve it.

But it’s okay.

I’ll keep making him things until he believes it.

It will be bath time for Halo then. Which is all handled by Reed because she won’t let anyone do this but him, not evenMommy. Followed by story time, which Reed is in charge of again.

And then I’ll get to witness another beautiful thing: Halo sleeping on a bare chested and drowsy Reed.

When I’ve had my fill of watching the two loves of my life, we’ll put her in her crib, and I’ll drag him to our bedroom. So I can dance for him.

Because I’m still his dancing fairy and he’s my wild mustang.

And as I said, this is our wonderful and gorgeous life.

THE END