by Renee Adams
Sitting in the bathroom waiting it is all I can think about. Life changes and all we can do is hold on and not fly off. The beep of the kitchen timer brings my attention back to the here and now. Oh shit! What the hell am I going to do? How in the hell can I be fucking pregnant? Damian is going to shit himself. He is trying so hard to be what we need and want. I don’t know if he can handle this on top of everything.
Walking out of the bathroom I see the 2 men in my life playing basketball in the backyard. I’m nervous and scared to tell Damian, but he needs to know.
Holding the test in my hand, I walk out into the back yard to hear them trash talking each other.
“Brick!” I hear my son yell out. Damian laughs at his trash talk. They don’t even stop when they both see me.
“Hey J, can you go inside? I need to talk to D for a minute.” Jack and Damian have started calling each other by their first initials, something Damian started, now Jack calls everyone by theirs.
“Sure thing M, besides, he was losing anyways.” With that, he takes off running.
I set the test down on the table on the back patio. I see him eye it, then I see the second the recognition hits.
“Are you? Are we?”
“Apparently so.”
I never expected him to cheer and pick me up and twirl me. I also never expected him to drop down on one knee.
“Livvy baby, I know it has only been 3 weeks, I know that people will think we are rushing it. But my heart calls to your heart, it seeks yours out when we are apart. In just 3 short weeks, we have been through a lifetime of struggle but I can promise you that if you give me forever, we will never struggle again. If you give me forever, I will be the best dad to Jack and this baby that there ever was. You will want for nothing, Livvy baby, will you please do me the honor of being my wife. The honor of being my forever, of being the other half of my heart. Because, baby, when I am not with you, my heart doesn’t seem to beat. I can’t seem to breathe when you are not here. So what do you say?”
“Yes, yes, yes I will marry you! I can’t believe this.”
Sliding the beautiful princess cut diamond on my finger makes me think of how happy I am, also makes me think of how bad it could have been.
Before Damian puts me down, my mom and Jack run outside clapping. Jack rushes over to Damian and he sets my feet on the ground before kneeling down eye level with Jack.
“So are you goiing to be my dad?” Jack asks, his voice laced with hope and admiration.
“Always bud, I will always be your dad.”
To my husband who always told me I should do it but I was too big of a pain in the ass to actually do it. But hey, I did it!
To Corinne…You’re my twin sista from another mista! Your friendship has meant more to me in the past year than you realize!
I would say to my kiddos, but I always found that weird in a romance book.
To my bonus dad, Eddie, whom we lost in May of 2015. He was the perfect bonus to my crazy family and I miss him more and more all the time. I hope that I have made him proud of me.
Dawn, Dawn, Glenna, Chelsea and Amanda, you ladies are the definition of rock stars! Your guidance and hand holding through all of this has been amazing and I could never repay you for your encouragement.
For all my haters in the world. Hold on, there is TONS more to come, so if you haven’t hated on me, be patient, I won’t disappoint!
To Silla Webb, you have been an amazing editor, cover designer, formatter, promoter, and all around person. I share whatever success may come with you!
Doodle, I acknowledge how big of an ass dog you are. Literally.
To any readers of this book, I thank you for taking the time to read it! This has certainly been a labor of love and I hope you love these two as much as I do. Thank you from the top of my head to the tips of my toes. Without you and your reviews, none of us indies would be where we are. YOU, the reader are rock stars in my mind!
Renee Adams is a wannabe spunky girl who is generally too tired to be spunky! She hails all the way from NC but spent most of her life in VA. When she is not writing, she is spending time with her 2 kids, husband and Doodle the dog. She also accomplished her dreams of becoming a nurse and working in a prison, but since enjoys staying at home and keeping her family in line and providing lots of laughter. You can find her on Facebook where she posts her Spam Email of the Day, or on the Twitter @homeskilletbsct. She cracks herself up and more often than not is off posting memes somewhere.
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