Just like her marriage to Creed. Their love had withstood time. Now they were living at Sage Creek with their small family. Things had come full circle.
“Happy one-year anniversary, babe.” Creed came up behind her, bent over and kissed her cheek.
“Did you speak to the builders?”
“They’re going to break ground with the new house next week. Soon, sweetheart, we’ll have our own home on the west property. Right there where we’ve shared so much history.”
“I can’t wait, Creed. I’m so happy.”
“How is my beautiful wife and son?”
“We’re wonderful. Right, Nic? How are the steaks coming on the grill?”
“I’ve had to threaten to shoo your father away at least a dozen times. Is he always this controlling when it comes to grilling?” Creed laughed.
“No clue, although I do remember him always calling himself the “grill master”. I thought all men thought they were grill masters.”
“It’s going to take me some time to get used to that.” He pointed at the scene around the grill.
Rusty and Abby were laughing and holding hands. “You know, I’m not so surprised. I mean, I am shocked that they had an affair, but I like that they can be happy. They’re both deserving and going to be so happy traveling to Paris next month.”
“Ma has always wanted to go there.”
“And now she gets to. We’ll miss them, won’t we, little man.” His little fists waved through the air.
“How about I take Nic for a bit?”
“Sure.” She handed over their son and watched them together with pride. Mindy stood and joined them as they strolled into the grass.
“I can’t believe they’ll be getting married soon,” Creed whispered, referring to Jane and Jonesy.
“As long as he treats my girl right.” Mindy looked over to where Jonesy was teasing Jane by tickling her.
“He better,” Creed growled.
A car pulled in and the back door opened. Alex jumped out and ran to meet Livvy. Mindy waved at his mother as she pulled away. Livvy wore such a sweet smile.
Mindy thought the crush was cute but had a feeling they’d be seeing more and more of Alex over the years if Livvy stayed on track. She’d become such a blessing, helping around the house, taking a leading role on the farm. She’d even recently signed up for her first competition in figure skating with Mindy as her coach.
Melody called once a week, but Livvy gave up asking her mom to visit.
“What if we decided to have another?” Creed surprised her by saying.
“Another baby? Don’t you think we should slow down? If Jane and Jonesy get married, we could have a grandchild in the next few years.”
“I guess you’re right. I just look at Nic and see our love in him and it makes me so proud.”
“You make me proud, Creed.”
He bent and kissed her.
“Come on you two. Save that stuff,” Livvy teased.
Not the end but only the beginning.
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At an early age, Rhonda fell in love with romance novels, knowing one day she’d write her own love story. Life took a short detour, but when the story ideas were no longer contained, she decided to dive in and write. Her first plot was on a dirty napkin she found buried in her car. Eventually, she ran out of napkins. With baby on one hip and laptop on the other, she made a dream into reality—one word at a time.
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