“Yeah,” I answer, watching as Harmony puts her hand around Izzie’s shoulders, kissing the top of her head and wiping away the tears from her cheeks.
I pull the envelope out that has been burning a hole in my pocket since I received it three days ago. This is the moment that I’ve been waiting for, the moment we’ve all been waiting for. And to have Natalia here, knowing that she’s watching over us and being sure in the notion that she would approve, makes it all the more perfect.
I hold it up in the air, pulling the piece of paper out and grinning. “It’s official.”
“Official?” Harmony asks.
“Yep,” I answer, popping the p. I hand her the envelope, taking a now sleeping Frankie from Clay’s arms.
“Oh my…” Harmony gasps, her hand cupping her mouth as she pulls Izzie into a hug, squeezing her. “The adoption…” Her eyes meet mine, the happiness and love shining so bright that it’s almost blinding. “It came through.”
“It came through,” I repeat, nodding at her.
Izzie and Harmony hold each other, whispering something while Clay stands off to the side, his head looking down at the grass. I can’t tell what he’s thinking, but when he lifts his head, his gray eyes clashing with mine, I can see every single emotion he’s feeling.
He steps forward when Izzie and Harmony break apart.
“You’ve never been a stand-in mom,” he says, stopping two feet in front of her. His head matching in height with hers. The last couple of years he’s shot up. “You were always a real mom.” She sobs, her smile spreading wide before he pulls her forward, wrapping his arms around her. “I had that dream again,” he says, his voice a mere whisper, but we can all hear him.
“You did?” she asks, pulling away and cupping the side of his face.
My breath hitches, knowing the details of the dream he had over and over again where his mom would disappear all over again.
He nods. “Yeah, but this time… when she disappeared and the lights came back on... you were there.”
I pull Izzie closer, kissing the top of her head as I run my hand over Frankie’s back.
This. This right here is all that matters, and I’ll do anything and everything for them.
It doesn’t matter what side of the track you’re from or what has happened in your past—pain, sadness, anger—none of it matters when you have a love like ours.
That all-consuming, heart-shattering, kind of love.
Harmony’s eyes meet mine and from that one look, I can tell that her life is now complete. She may not be able to give birth to her own children, but we have three wonderful kids who will always see her as their mom.
She and Clay walk toward us and we all stand together, none of us saying a word as we bask in the fact that we’re a family—a legal one.
Harmony gives me a watery smile and pulls away, turning around to face the headstone before walking toward it and placing her hand on the top. “I’ll make you proud, Nat. I promise.”
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About the Author
Abigail Davies grew up with a passion for words, storytelling, maths, and anything pink. Dreaming up characters—quite literally—and talking to them out loud is a daily occurrence for her. She finds it fascinating how a whole world can be built with words alone, and how everyone reads and interprets a story differently. Now following her dreams of writing, Abigail has found the passion that she always knew was there. When she’s not writing: she’s a mother to two daughters who she encourages to use their imagination as she believes that it’s a magical thing, or getting lost in a good book. If she’s doing neither of those things, you can be sure she’s surfing the web buying new makeup, clothes, or binge watching another show as she becomes one with her sofa.
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Also by Abigail Davies
Fractured Lies (MAC Security Book 1)
Exposed (MAC Security Book 2)
Available as a boxset
Flying Free (Standalone MAC Security Spin-off)
The Distance Between Us (MAC Security Book 3)
Destroyed Series, co-authored with L. Grubb
Destroying the Game
Destroying the Soul
About the Author
Danielle Dickson has always dreamed about writing a book. With many stories to tell, she finally pulled her finger out one morning when one story screamed at her louder than the rest. When Danielle’s not writing, she can be found devouring the words of other people’s worlds, painting people’s faces with makeup, or feeding her unhealthy obsession of pink iced doughnuts—seriously, she’s obsessed. A self-confessed weirdo and horror movie fanatic, there’s never a dull moment in her clumsy, fun-filled life. She gets lost in the magic a book immerses you in and hopes to capture that magic for her readers.
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Also by Danielle Dickson
One Moment; Little Hollow Series; Book 1
Restoring Faith, Little Hollow series; Book 3
(Coming summer 2017)
Betting On Love — Standalone
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