I spent most of my time between this café and the office, but I took time off when I needed to, and being here was like a vacation. Every moment with Hazel was like that, to be fair. We had done the impossible—or so it seemed. We’d created a family café that had taken the country by storm.
There was a McCutcheon’s in every state, soon to be every city, and we were only growing bigger and better. It was all built around Hazel’s love for her father. And my love for her.
Hazel came over and slipped an arm around my waist. “Are you OK?” she asked. “You’ve got a weird look on your face. Is it the baby shower?”
“Huh?”
“You know. Kara.”
I’d forgotten about it, but we’d had a late baby shower a couple days earlier, and Hazel’s sister had tried to attend. Of course, I’d had her removed on Hazel’s request. Kara had no place in our lives—she’d chosen her path, moved to Mexico, and taken up with a wrestler—and whatever Hazel wanted, she got.
“No way, gorgeous. I don’t care about that. Your sister made her bed. Wait, are you OK?”
“About Kara?” Hazel sighed. “Yeah, I made my peace with what happened long ago. I’ve got everything I need now. You, the baby, Dad. The café.” She paused, her eyes glistening. “Sometimes dreams really do come true.”
I looked down at my wife, soon to be the mother of my baby boy, safe in my arms and forever mine. A family that I’d never felt I’d had until now. That I’d dreamed of having.
“Yes,” I said and kissed her temple, inhaling that coconut scent. “They do.”
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