Before the rental, the space was going to waste and unoccupied, as Deven refused to spend one night without her. When he left for a business trip, he wanted her there. If he was going, she was coming. They spent more time at his place anyway, and they decided to sell the small house in the subdevelopment. After they came back from the honeymoon, the new construction would be nearly ready for them to move in. It was in the perfect location, less than a mile from Mak and Charyn’s place in Ft. Fisher, and adjacent to the beach.
Deven had a new project in the works and was thinking of trying it on the new house. He was designing a series of lightning rods to march along the beach, they would be used to harness energy from storm activity and keep power in the house when there was no usable sunlight for the solar panels being installed. Charli decided the house would have a sod rooftop garden as well. It would serve well in the summer to draw heat from the house, and in winter the mass would make a great insulator to keep in heat.
Her mom left treatment one week before the wedding, and their first meeting was bittersweet. Her mom came to Cajun Chic at closing time and sat at a table waiting for the last to customer to leave. Although her mom looked wonderful, for Charli this was the going to be the first memories of her clean. She remembered the long hair her mother always had now shone with health and life, and the gray in front now colored with a bright red highlight. Her face was more youthful, fuller. She had gained some of the weight back but was still a bit too thin. But that was fixable. Charli was good for feeding people.
They talked and drank tea all afternoon, and Charli let her mom head to the condo several hours later. She even hugged her mom for the first time in twenty years. A few minutes later, Deven pulled up in a Range Rover, recently purchased in the hopes of squiring children. He was such a wonderful man and she may have never seen this moment if not for him. She locked the bistro door after setting the alarm and climbed in the passenger seat of the SUV. On her way home with her fiancé, Charli looked at her engagement ring and smiled. Life was perfect.
THE END
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jennifer is a vixen who will try anything once, although it’s too bad she still has a full bucket list. She spends her days fixing other people’s mistakes with a smile, and her nights chasing her babies around while trying to write her naughty books. Most people don't recognize her from one day to the next since she tends to change. A lot. Thanks to her loving husband who gets to inspire a multitude of material, you have the pleasure of reading whatever story you read just now. She doesn't have a website yet, but when she gets one, you'll be the first to know. Feel free to Facebook, tweet her @windinthewillow or send an e-mail to [email protected], she loves to hear from her readers.
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