Leander was frantic, and acting like the stereotypical husband-about-to-be-a-dad. Freaking out, but in a good way. He was doing everything Lacey asked, and held her hand through it all. Tristan and I stood off to the side, his arm wrapped around my waist. We were there if they needed us, but they had it in the bag. Even though we didn’t get a peaceful labor and birth of our children, like theirs, it was as if we got to experience it through them, which was a special memory.
When their little girl was born, I watched their faces grow into big, loving smiles. Leander kissed Lacey on the lips, and then the head, as she held her arms out and their baby was placed on her chest.
“Congrats, guys. She’s beautiful,” I said, and met Leander’s smile. Lacey was so enamored by their daughter that a bomb could have gone off and she wouldn’t have noticed. I knew the feeling.
“Hello Lillian Thalia, sweet baby.” Lacey said to her baby and I felt a few tears fall from my eyes.
“Is that okay?” She asked, looking up. I nodded.
“It’s perfect.”
We stayed for a little bit longer, but then wanted to give the new family time to themselves.
I grasped onto Tristan’s hand so he could take us back to our babies.
“Tristan? Where are we?” We were not being greeting by Isis and the babies; we were standing on a beach. The night air had a slight breeze, but wasn’t cool.
“ Fiji,” he purred against my ear.
“Why are we in Fiji?” I asked, but it was merely out of curiosity. We had a good babysitter, so I wasn’t worried about getting back to the babies for a few more hours.
“Because of this.” He tilted my head up by my chin and I gasped at the sight above me.
Meteors were shooting across the sky.
“A meteor shower!” I was in awe. Such beauty in the world around us. He wrapped his arms around me then started to sway our bodies together.
“I’ve shown you many places and events I had wished to share with you in our years apart. But this, moments like this, were what I missed the most. Small moments in time that seem insignificant by yourself, but with the one you love in your arms, they’re everything. These moments together last a lifetime.” I rested my head back against his shoulder and continued to watch the wonder above me, and enjoyed our moment. He had taken me to more events in my dreams, and I loved every one of them. But this, this moment took the cake. I get what he said. Just being together was what he truly missed the most, and I was glad he would never have to miss moments with me again.
“I love you,” I said as we began to dance along the oceans edge.
“Forever yours, love.”
We’d weighed our hearts against the scales of love. The decision was made to be together, and our final battle was won. So our fate was set; we were free to love eternally.
The End
Letter to the Reader
Dear fabulous reader,
Thank you, thank you for taking the time to read this book. I hope you were giddy with enjoyment reading it, as I was when writing it.
If you have any extra time, please leave a review on Amazon.com, B&N.com, Goodreads.com OR Send me a message via Facebook, email, or Twitter and I can personally thank you for reading my novel.
I am so humbled and appreciative that you took the time, and hopefully we will have a long standing book loving relationship.
Thank you! <3 <3 <3
Jessica Florence
Acknowledgements
It’s over guys.
This was a story 2 years in the making. There have been so many people that have influenced this story for me. The love of these two characters has grown and have captured the souls of many.
To my betas. Chris, Cassie, Mary, April R, April S, Marissa. You all help me so much. I couldn’t do it without your help. I can’t believe you guys chose me. You all believed in me to finish this story. Thank you
Jerry M. I told you I finished it, I didn’t lie to you!
Sarah, my cover goddess, you never fail to bring my characters to life in the cover.
Kiezha, you took my straight up mess and worked hard to turn it into something readable. Lol I thank you for that. Even with your eye rolling comments ;)
Bloggers, you guys are amazing! Thank you for supporting me.
My readers, I love you. That’s all there is to it. You push me to keep going, any time I need reminding that I can do this you are always there to help me. It’s because of your faith in me that I keep going.
Hubby and baby. Love you guys. Thanks for everything you do so I can write. You guys are my world.
About the Author
Jessica Florence, Kaleidoscope of Romance
Author <3 PotterHead <3 Movie Geek Extraordinaire.
Writer of Surviving Valentine. The of The Heart trilogy, Evergreen, Lights of Scotland Series, and The Final Love series.
When she's not writing her next invigorating story. You can find her running her own business, and spending time with her husband and daughter in southwest Florida.
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