Sarah poured herself coffee when her phone went off—a text.
Angel walked up from behind her with little Angel in his arms and kissed her temple. Little Angel reached out and grabbed her face with his little hands. She leaned in so he could give her a big sloppy kiss on the forehead.
“Who’s that, Syd?” Angel glanced at her phone. “Tell him the Cardinals are going down!”
“Ouww!” Little Angel mimicked his daddy.
“Yeah, tell ‘em, son. Chargers are gonna beat their ass. They’re going down!”
“Ouuww!”
Sarah laughed texting Sydney back. “I’ll let him know,” she said giggling.
Ever since they had the baby Syd started coming around more. He and Angel had sort of bonded during football season last year. Angel had even texted Syd a few times. Of course it was only when Syd’s team was down or lost to say, “In your face!” or some other cruder remark. They weren’t exactly tight and they probably never would be but this was a start and he knew it made Sarah happy.
After the ordeal they’d gone through with her first delivery, both of them couldn’t really care less about the new baby’s gender. All they wanted was healthy and no drama. Angel had admitte
d to wanting a little girl next but agreed with Sarah that healthy was first priority.
Their ride home from the doctor visit was a quiet one. The baby was sound asleep in the back seat. Angel reached for Sarah’s hand. “What are you thinking about?”
Sarah rested her head against the back of her seat and turned to him. “How blessed I am.”
“How blessed we are.”
She smiled. “Growing up I could only imagine what it was like to have any siblings. Valerie said the same thing the other day and now we’re both part of this huge family that seems to be growing by the minute. I can hardly believe I’ll soon have two little boys to chase after.”
“Is that gonna be it? Are we done after this?”
Sarah lifted her head away from the seat and turned her body toward him. “I thought you said you wanted a little princess.”
“I already have one.” He smiled.
Sarah smiled. “So you wouldn’t wanna try for a girl?”
Since they were at a train crossing. Angel turned to her squeezing her hand. “Sweetheart, don’t get me wrong. I love my son. Hell I’d give my life for him. And that other little guy on the way I already love him, too. But make no mistake about it. The day I married you my life was complete. Anything else now is just icing. Whatever makes you happy, baby. That’s all I want.”
Sarah smiled the tears filling her eyes and she kissed his hand. “I love you.”
“I love you, too, baby.”
More than she’d ever know.
Acknowledgments
First of all I’d like to th
ank all my wonderful readers from the bottom of my heart. As an author who just wanted to get her stories out there to be read, the response to my series has far exceeded even my wildest expectations. You all have made my dream of being able to do what I love for living possible. I only hope that you continue to enjoy all of my upcoming stories. And for those of you wondering if this is the end of the Morenos, having read Sal’s story I’m sure you know the answer to that. ;) 2012 will be an exciting year!
As always I have to thank my family. My husband Mark and my two teens Marky and Megan who have now become accustomed to seeing mom on many days in her pajamas the entire day in front of the computer. I thank you for your patience, understanding and trust that while it may look at times like I’m just facebooking, emailing or tweeting this is all part of my job!
I would also like to thank my critique partner, Tammara Webber who at this point I don’t know what I’d do without. Your input, praise and highly constructive criticism are invaluable tools that I’ve now come to rely on. I struck gold meeting you and I look forward to continuing to work with you in all my as well as your future projects. =)
My newest beta reader Judy DeVries who began simply as a reader who enjoyed my books and has helped me enormously in finding discrepancies galore! LOL I’ve been so blessed to meet some of the sweetest people so willing to help during this journey of mine and Judy is just one of the newest! <3
To my editor Stephanie Lott aka Bibliophile. Thank you so much for the time and effort you put into editing and making my work look as perfect as possible. Your eagle eyes have caught some things that even after my stories have gone through several other pairs of eyes were not caught. The pelican. Oy vey! I’m extremely grateful that you have such a keen eye and look forward to a continued professional relationship.
What’s next?
The answer to this and any questions regarding my upcoming projects can be found on my website www.ElizabethReyes.com as well as my FB fan page www.facebook.com/TheMorenoBrothers You can also follow me on Twitter @AuthorElizabeth Also be sure to follow The Moreno Brothers blog tour going on all through January 2012 where the “cast” of The Moreno Brothers series are already scheduled to make a few appearances. There will also be giveaways and lots of hints about upcoming projects! Visit my website for a schedule of all stops.
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