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MommyDogg

We're both good. Probably another fifteen minutes, if you want to come pick us up?

DaddyDogg

I'm on my way. Love you.

MommyDogg

Love you too.

I made chit-chat with Chrissy, tossing around some ideas for the podcast as we watched our babies nap.

"Aren't they precious?" Chrissy whispered in a lull. "I never thought I'd love someone so fiercely. It's like I'm actually afraid I'll lock her up and never let her out of my sight."

I chuckled. "I get it."

Chrissy eyed me. "Are you happy, Karrie?"

I looked down at my precious daughter, thinking about the sleepless nights since Janeane's birth, the discomfort of pregnancy, the constant worry. I thought about the boys and the adjustment it'd taken for them, having a pregnant woman in their space.

Then I thought about my fiancé. I thought about Will's wrinkles and salt-and-pepper hair. I thought about his laugh and the way he held me close. I thought about his fingers as they rubbed my feet. And his cock as he fucked me until we both came.

And I thought about how full and wonderful my life had become. How I no longer lived in front of a computer screen or behind a microphone.

"Oh yes." I reached out, tracing a hand over my daughter's tiny cheek. "In my wildest dreams, I couldn't imagine this level of happy."

Chrissy sighed dreamily. "And to think, I started it all."

I stared at her for a beat then burst out laughing.

EPILOGUE 2

Karen

Ten years later

"Whose idea was this!?" I yelled over the sound of the screaming wind.

"Yours! Remember?"

I gulped, closing my eyes. "If I ever do have an idea like this again—stop me!"

Will laughed, reaching out a hand to capture mine, giving me a reassuring squeeze. "We can do this!"

"Ready?” The skydiving instructor called. "On my mark, three, two, one."

The first of our party leapt from the perfectly safe plane, free-falling toward the ground.

OH MY FUCKING GOD!

I gulped, gasping for air, panic swamping me as the next student jumped from the plane.

"Ready?" The instructor I was strapped to asked.

"No!" I yelped, shaking my head. "No way, no how."

Will shot me a grin from his place beside me. "You got this, Karrie. I'll see you on the ground."