Maddie
Waking up alone fucking sucked. I understand that he couldn’t just lay there while I slept when he was always up with the sun, but he could at least come back for me. He always did get sidetracked by something. I pulled the covers back off the bed, running my hand through my hair to try and get it to something not resembling the mess it was. Walking into the kitchen, I raised a brow seeing Tim’s coffee mug half full. When I wrapped my hands around it, I frowned, because the cup was still quite warm.
“Babe?!” I waited for him to call out to me and heard nothing. “Tim!” I called out again as a really bad feeling washed over me. I picked up his phone and saw the last call wasn’t too long ago. I dialed the number back.
“Tim, mate. You find her?”
“Find who?”
“Uh, sorry, I thought it was Tim. He was going to check and see if one of my cows had wandered over his way. I’m Evan, his neighbour.”
“How long ago was this?”
“Maybe ‘bout half hour. Everythin’ alright, Darlin’?”
“I’m not sure… Can you meet me down where you think he might be?”
“Sure.” We both hung up and I ran to get dressed.
Grabbing his truck keys, I climbed in and thanked God that Michael taught me both Manual and Automatic. Just as I was ‘bout to pull out, Blake turned up. The look on my face must have said it all, because he pulled back so I could get the truck out. When I headed for the back end of the property, he was on my tail. Seeing the four wheeler, I quickly stopped the truck just as Evan pulled up too. I looked around not seeing Tim. My heart was beating faster in my chest. I headed over toward the four wheeler and called out to Blake when I saw Tim lying there.
I slid down beside him and quickly checked for a pulse. Blake was at my side next, followed by Evan. Blake raised a brow at me as I checked my watch. “It’s there, but it’s weak.”
He gave me a nod and got up and ran back to his truck. Pulling something from the back of it, I moved out of the way as he laid the bit of board down beside him. Both he and Evan lifted him carefully on to it. Not know what had happened, we didn’t want to risk further injury. He grabbed some straps once he got him in the back so the board wouldn’t move. Climbing up beside him, Blake closed the tailgate and moved to the driver’s side.
“Hold on, Maddie.”
I nodded and moved to whisper into Tim’s ear. “You aren’t leaving me, mister. You owe me coffee and cuddles in bed.” I pressed my lips to his neck before securing myself for the longest ride of my life.
CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
Five Years Later...
I let out a small groan as I felt lips running along my neck. “Time to wake up, love.”
“Nope! Not happening!” I heard that chuckle that always did me in and pushed him away before wiggling more under the covers.
“Now, you know that never works. Come on, love, I’ll make ya some breakfast.” I shook my head despite the fact that he couldn’t see me and held tightly onto the covers. I wasn’t moving from this bed and he couldn’t make me. I heard him heave an overdramatic sigh before he slipped in under the covers too. Wrapping his arms around me, they slid over my belly. I was days away from giving birth, and he still insisted on the no coffee crap they’d had me on for the last nine months.
“Come on, love, you and our baby need to eat.” I sighed this time and rolled over to face my husband.
“You know it’s no fair when you use her against me, don’t you?”
He chuckled and I shoved him again. He pulled me back to him and I hid my face in his neck. “I love you, Maddison Hayes.”
“I love you, Timothy Hayes. Even if you are a pain in my ass.”
After he managed to coax me out of bed, I sat at the counter drinking my juice and just watched as Tim cooked me breakfast. After his accident down by the dam, we got him to hospital just in time. Any longer and it may have been a different story, but I thanked whatever guardian angel was looking over him that we got to him in time. Since then we had completely replaced the fencing with stuff Evan’s cows couldn’t get through, and if they did, we all went or none of us went.
After we got him home, I helped out a little with the company while he was on rest. Once he was back on his feet, he surprised me with a trip to L.A. He had flown Hannah, Allan and Jasmine out where we were joined by Lucas, Mario, Blake and Gracie. He not only asked me to marry him there, but we got married down by the beach surrounded by all the people who mattered to us.
I heard from Hannah that Michael and Marie got to be together at last. After our trip to Alabama, she left Jeffrey and moved to Tasmania with Michael. I hadn’t asked much about them since then, because truth be told, I wasn’t interested. I knew after everything I should have let it go because life was too short, but I just couldn’t let it go. Had they had good reasons then maybe I could forgive them, but the reasons they gave us just pissed us off. Tim was in the same place with that mess as I was. We had our safe bubble and that’s all that mattered to us. I couldn’t help but smile as Tim came up behind me and rubbed my belly again. It was his favourite thing to do and he was the only one who could get away with it. Anyone else came near my stomach with hands as if to rub it like I was about to bring them luck got my death glare. Mario pushed his luck one day and I junk punched him so hard he may never be able to have kids. Since then he hasn’t dared.
“How’s my princess?” Tim asked as he kissed along my jaw. Turning my head to meet his lips, I smiled.
“She’s restless. I think she is trying to tell me she is running out of room.” I kissed him softly and just melted into his arms.
It hasn’t always been easy, but I wouldn’t change a thing about our time together.
I got a second chance at my first love and I was never letting that go.
Not for anything in the world.
The End
First off I want to start but thanking everyone who has read and yelled at me for more Maddie and Morgan. Thank you for all the support I received for Learning to Fly. It helped push me through those moments of self doubt and kept me going.
To my mum; Thank you for always supporting me in everything I do. I love you. I know I am not the easiest person to live with most of the time and I drive you crazy but I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for you.
To my amazing cover designer Shari for another amazing cover. Thank you!
To Lindee Robinson, an amazing soul who is responsible for my cover shot! You are beyond words!
To my beta team, Barb, Emmy and Claire. Thank you for having my back as always. I know you three cursed me for this one and I don’t apologise for ripping your hearts out because you love me anyway!
A big thank you to all the authors that I have bugged over the past few months. Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions and help me get to where I need to be. I am eternally grateful. Xxx
Last but not least, to my family and friends. Thank you for all your support and believing that I could do this. MWAH!
Lauren Firminger grew up in a small country town only a couple hours away from where she currently resides in Sydney, Australia.
During high school, Lauren fell in love with books and reading, and like most, was a potter-head then turned Twi-Hard, Vampire Academy soon followed by the Mortal Instruments.
However, it wasn't until she got her hands on Sylvia Day's Crossfire Series that Lauren fell in love with reading again. Soon after, her new writing journey began, bringing her to her official debut release of Learning to Fly.
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Morgan Young was a big shot of the country music world. He had the world at his fingertips and girls falling at his feet. Falling into a routine of seedy bars and racking up one night stands like number one hits. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't get that one girl off his mind. The one who wouldn't love him back.
Carina Cole had a love that gave her everything she could ever hope for. He treated her like a queen and gave her the stability that she craved. In a world where people were telling her who she should be and how she should act, Carina was lost in her own lies. Convincing herself that she was happy. So why couldn't she say yes to marrying him?
He was ready to give it his all. She didn't want a broken heart. Will love win in the end or is Morgan destined for a broken heart?
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