“Are you really okay? Alex? I was out in the garden. I thought that maybe you were back from Boston. Now I’m having prescient feelings, premonitions, just like you.”
I reached out and took Christine into my arms and suddenly everything was right. I felt whole again. I felt connected to the eternal river and all that good stuff. I had missed that feeling for too many years of my life.
“This was part of my premonition,” she whispered. “I willed you here, Alex. I willed you into my arms.”
We kissed and pressed against each other and it seemed as if we were merging, getting closer and closer. I loved the touch of her mouth against mine, the feel of her body, the way we fit. We were both strong, and yet we could be gentle together. I passionately believe in soulmates. I guess I always have. The best thing I had ever done in my life was to be in love. I missed it and was finally ready to love again.
“I missed you too much this time,” I whispered against the softness of her cheek.
“I missed you,” she said. “That’s why I couldn’t sleep. I knew you would come.”
She’s the one, I was thinking. I didn’t have any doubt of it.
Heart leads head.
I cupped her face gently in my hands. She felt so precious to me.
“I love you more than I ever loved anything in my life. I love you so much. Marry me, Christine.”
Also by James Patterson:
The Thomas Berryman Number
Season of the Machete
See How They Run
The Midnight Club
Along Came a Spider
Kiss the Girls
Hide & Seek
Jack & Jill
Miracle on the 17th Green
(with Peter de Jonge)
Cat & Mouse
When the Wind Blows
Pop Goes the Weasel
Black Friday
Cradle and All
Roses Are Red
1st to Die
Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas
Violets Are Blue
2nd Chance
The Beach House
The Jester
The Lake House
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