Alison: A Short Sweet Steamy Second Chance Romance (Heart Doctors Book 5)
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He sighs and settles himself more comfortably in the bed. “I was hoping you’d say that.”
Epilogue #2
Tommy, three years later
Life is good.
I’ve started giving back to the community by helping coach a rec-league tee-ball team. I love watching these little kids take it seriously: squaring up to the tee, pounding their fists into their gloves, and cheering for their teammates. And honestly, I also love it when they zone out in the outfield, bending down to play in the dirt or talk to a grasshopper or just dream a little, being little kids instead of serious ballplayers.
Our team comes in to bat for the last inning of the game, and I see my Ali making her way to the bottom bleacher, carefully leading our fifteen-month-old daughter. I wave. She and Jessie wave back, and I feel warm all over, never mind that the heat is terrible. I wipe sweat off my forehead and get back to coaching.
After the game is over and we’ve dismissed the kids with a reminder that our next game is on Thursday night, I go over to where Jessie is sitting on the concrete with her arms stretched up to me, fat little starfish hands opening and closing.
My daughter.
“Dada!” she says, and grabs my shirt with those starfish hands.
“Yeah, who else?” I ask her, and kiss her pink little cheek.
My wife is also looking flushed with the heat, and so very beautiful. Her olive skin is glowing with health. There’s a bead of sweat sliding down her neck, disappearing into the v-neck of her blouse. I want to chase it and kiss her all over, but maybe doing it in public is a bad idea.
“Hungry?” Ali asks me.
I nod. “Starving.”
“Good. So are we. Can we go to La Hacienda for tacos?”
I shrug. “Sure. Is there something there for Babygirl to eat?”
Ali pats the diaper bag. “Always prepared.”
A lot of guys my age would find this domesticity boring, but not me. I love it. I fucking love it. Wouldn’t trade it for anything.
When we’ve pretty much destroyed the platter of tacos, and sweet Jessie is yawning over her snack puffs in the high chair, Ali looks at me. “I have news.”
“Oh? Good or bad?”
“Well,” she says, “I think good. Surprise news, though.”
I reach across the table to take her hand. “Whatever it is, we’ll make it through together. Right?”
She smiles that smile that so captivated me at sixteen. “I’m going to have to take some time off later in the year. Around Thanksgiving.”
“That’s six months away,” I say.
She just nods, still smiling.
I don’t get it.
She leans back from the table and pats her stomach, and then I do get it. “You’re pregnant?”
She nods.
“Again? So soon after Jess?”
Nod.
“Another baby?”
Nod.
I’m speechless.
And then her eyes light up. “Congratulations, daddy!”
Dreams come true sometimes. Mine sure have.
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