I don’t know why, but now that we were down to crunch time I have this fear that some shit is gonna go wrong. Maybe because I know that she’s the best thing that ever happened to me.
Or maybe it’s because I still don’t think I deserve her. Whatever it is, I have this feeling that some shit’s gonna go wrong.
“Come ‘ere.” I wrapped my arms around her and felt myself settle. “I love you, I’m not nervous about marrying you, I just don’t want anything to go wrong on our big day.” I hope Ty the fuck isn’t lurking around somewhere listening to this or he’d ride my ass for sure.
“Nothing’s gonna go wrong, now go be with your brothers while I finish getting dressed.” Dani and Gaby had been pounding at our cottage door for the last half an hour trying to get me to release her.
The women were getting dressed together up at the mansion and I’m pretty sure like me my brothers were already dressed in their monkey suits, ready to get the show on the road.
I walked her over and withstood the evil glares and hisses before they slammed the door in my face, and headed out front to join the others.
“We look like assholes.”
“Give it a rest Zak, it’s the price we pay for making them wait. At least we can thank Mancini for letting us use his place since it means no one else will ever see us like this.”
A plane came in for landing on the airstrip and my guts went into overdrive. Everyone else was here except the commander and Samson. Their crew was being very hush-hush which only made my nerves go up a couple notches, but when I saw the horde of men in robes filing onto the island I was ready to nab her and bolt.
“Chill brother, the CO said he had this right. He’s never let us down before trust him.” I tried to accept Quinn’s words but I’d never been this afraid in my life.
These last few weeks had shown me what life with her would be like. I knew if I lost that now my shit would be FUBAR. She makes everything worthwhile, including my fucked up past, because it all led to her.
“What if he….”
“He’s not.” Lo and the others lined up beside me as we watched four men cart what looked like trunks into the mansion.
When the CO and Samson came into view flanking an old man with a cane, dressed in full Saudi royal regalia, I didn’t have to guess who he was.
I started to move forward when he went towards the mansion where she was but Logan held me back with a hand on my shoulder. The CO as if sensing my angst, looked back over his shoulder at me and winked.
For some reason that settled me, but the next half an hour was the hardest of my life. I didn’t breathe again until I saw her come out the door looking for me.
I met her halfway and as soon as I saw her face my worry disappeared only to be replaced with anger. “What happened, what did he say to you?” I was ready to go pound his ass for making my girl cry.
Her hand on my chest calmed me down and I wiped the tears from her eyes. “I’m fine, we had a nice long talk and everything’s okay.”
“What did he say? And what the hell were all those trunks?”
“He said to be happy and the trunks are our wedding gifts.”
‘That’s it? He didn’t try to get you to go back with him?”
“Of course he did, but I told him if I didn’t marry the father of my baby it would bring shame to his family.”
“Your what?” There was a ringing in my ears and I stumbled backwards a little bit until I corrected myself. I stared down at her in a daze until I shook myself out of it.
Now I was the one with tears in my eyes. “Why do you think I haven’t been nervous this whole time? I knew that once I told him about the baby he’d have to see reason.”
“How long have you known?”
“A few days, but the girls and I discussed it and decided it was best to wait to share the news. This close to the wedding they can’t come up with any alternatives.”
“Do you have any idea how happy you’ve just made me?” I pulled her back into my arms and looked over her shoulder at Kelly and Quinn who were sharing the same embrace.
From the way he put her away from him and looked down at her tummy before placing his hand there told me that he’d just received similar news.
I looked up at the sky, at the sun high above the clouds, shining down on us and gave thanks that we’d each found our one and only. That something good had come out of the hell we’d lived through the last year and a half.
Kat came outside and called the girls back in. “Okay ladies, your time’s up let’s go.”
“I’ll meet you on our cliff in a few Devon.” She lifted up on her toes and kissed me before walking away back to the house.
I walked back to my brothers and we looked down towards the water. “Let’s get married brothers.” We walked down to the beach, seven men whose lives had been intertwined since we met those many years ago.
As we got closer to the place where the women would meet us to say the vows that would bind us together for a lifetime, I felt a cool soft breeze brush against my cheek.
Mom! My life had come full circle.
THE END
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