Forever Us
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Shayla has been on Princeton duty all night. “Here he is,” she coos, passing him to Kingston as he places me back on my feet.
“Mama is giving me another little man.” He bounces Prince on his hip. “Look at us, overpowering her. She will never be able to survive us big guys.”
I see the children I saw in my vision, except now they are all older. My sons are massive, towering over me and guarding me like watchdogs. Surprisingly, it brings me comfort along with a slight eye roll.
“I’m screwed, aren’t I?” I question, leaning in to Kingston. I rest my head against his chest, kissing Princeton’s sock-covered feet.
“You have no idea. Besides, it takes a strong army to keep you in line, sassy. You’re just getting it back tenfold.”
“Whatever, keep talking and I promise I’ll give you a little girl who will test you like no other. Careful what game you talk. I don’t take challenges weakly.”
He pinches my ass and growls. “Woman, you drive me insane.”
“Now I get to do it forever.” I wink, and in that instant, my life comes back around full circle.
My life with Kingston grew beautifully. We had four children—three boys to drive me mad and one little girl to push Kingston into full-blown insanity. But one thing always helped us survive over the decades together. Our friendship. We had a friendship like no other, a love even deeper than the bluest ocean, and what tragedies we went through together made years of trivial marriage problems easy to overcome. We faced the very deepest pits of hell, and we doused ourselves in years of bliss when the fire settled. Joel never took another day of my life away. Instead, my king did, and did so beautifully.
Kingston Donovan stole my everything and I let him. Never afraid again, only stronger in my survival.
The End...
But then the Donovans made a village with stories to tell.
To my honey's, God do I love you more than anything.
To my husband, to my best friends, to my family. You are the roots that raised me and continue to nurture me.
To all the incredible people who helped make this book what it is, your shit don't stink and I know it! Keep being the incredible humans you are!
And to those I said goodbye to, or those who left my life without a word---thank you.
Author CC Monroe is from the hottest city in the world, Phoenix, Arizona. She spends her days working in fashion and her nights with her face in her laptop telling the stories of the voices in her mind. She left Arizona a few years back and now lives in the beautiful snow state of Utah, where she married her true love!
When she isn’t writing or working, she is making people laugh with her mad sense of humor and tip of the tongue one liners.
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