“I haven’t told him anything,” Jace said, kissing her cheek as he pulled her into his lap. “I wasn’t sure I’d be sticking around. It all depends on what you want to do.”
She blinked up at him. “You would leave Kenner’s Mills for me?”
“Without question,” Jace answered. “My life is with you, wherever that is. I understand if you want to leave town, given what’s happened. You want to teach, and I can get construction work anywhere.”
“But not with Amos, and not as a full partner.”
“No,” he agreed. “But what about teaching?”
She shrugged. “I’ve been thinking a lot about that. With budget cuts and concerns, more and more people are turning away from public schools, and the demand for cyber-schooling is high. Besides, I’ve been toying with the idea of opening my own dance and yoga studio. Tiny owns the building next to the diner downtown, and he’s been looking to lease the space. Bess said a lot of seniors were upset about the center’s decision to cancel classes. I think it could work.”
“If we stuck around, I could take that partnership with Amos, and you get to stay close to your aunt Bess.”
She nodded. “Exactly. And I’ve been thinking ... if Amanda doesn’t want the baby, maybe we could offer to adopt it.”
Jace turned shocked eyes to her. He forgot that she didn’t know.
“You would do that?”
“Well, yeah,” she said, playing with the hem of her shirt. “It might be yours, right?” She rubbed her still-flat belly. “And we’re going to have to baby-proof everything, anyway.”
Jace couldn’t believe it. He shook his head in wonder.
“You are the most amazing woman I’ve ever met. Will you marry me?”
Dani smiled. “I thought we settled that already.”
He grinned. “So we did. But I thought Tiny would have told you.”
“Told me what?”
Jace explained how Tiny had given him Kevin Jeffries’ name and how things had fallen into place from there.
Dani hugged him fiercely, greatly relieved.
“So, it sounds like we’re staying?”
“Yep, we’re staying.”
Epilogue – A Quick Update
Jace and Dani were married in a very small, private ceremony in Bess’s immaculate gardens by the end of summer. The day was made all that more special when Amos proposed to Bess afterward, and she accepted.
After a one-week honeymoon in the mountains, Jace officially became a full partner in Amos’s construction business. One of their first jobs was converting the empty retail space next to Tiny’s Diner into a dance and yoga studio. Not long after applying for permits, word got out and support from the local community started pouring in. So many people signed up that Dani had a waiting list before the doors even opened.
Construction also began on a home of their own just outside of town. Jace took great delight in showing Dani the site. Twenty-five acres on the mountain that overlooked the lake, including the spot where they had watched the fireworks together the night of the county fair.
When asked how he could afford such a prime section of land, he just smiled and said he had made a few smart investments.
Jason Matthew Stevens was born on a perfect spring day in April, all ten pounds and eight ounces of him. As Jace held his son for the first time, settling into a chair while Dani got some well-deserved rest, he whispered a silent prayer of thanks.
Everything was exactly as it should be.
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Abbie Zanders loves to read and write romance in all forms; she is quite obsessive, really. Her ultimate fantasy is to spend all of her free time doing both, preferably in a secluded mountain cabin overlooking a pristine lake, though a private beach on a lush tropical island works, too. Sharing her work with others of similar mind is a dream come true. She promises her readers two things: no cliffhangers, and there will always be a happy ending. Beyond that, you never know...
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