by Jerri Hines
If I die in battle, know I have found my true happiness in you. My feelings for you have been unconditional and for you to have returned my love has been the greatest gift I have ever received. My love is eternal and is not bound by time, for there is no end.
My thoughts are always with you. I miss you more than you can ever know. I miss the way you smile when I walk into the room, the way you laugh. I even miss the way you cry over the simplest of things.
When I first met you, you fascinated me with your unique view on life. I thought you charming, if not a little strange in the way you treated both Gillie and Miss Hazel. You looked beyond the color of their skin and saw them as people. I have had time to think on all the things in my life and have come to a realization that the world would be a better place to live if we all judged others by their deeds and not by their appearance. I have determined that it must have been the way your father raised you. It is my desire for you to raise our children in the same manner. I want them to see the good in all people, for I have seen the worst.
I sometimes catch myself daydreaming about home. I see Magnolia Bluff so clearly. The old oaks with their Spanish moss swaying in the wind, the horses running wild in the pasture and you standing in the garden surrounded by the blooming magnolias. It gives me peace.
If I have no more tomorrows, I want Percival to be proud of the man I was. I don’t want him to ever question my loyalty, honor, or my duty to my country, God, or family. In the end, it is all I have to give him. Tell him to hold to Magnolia Bluff. It will be his, his home, his legacy...
Looking up at the moon, I wonder if you, too, are staring up into the same night’s sky. When you look among the stars, remember me…
Clutching the letter to her chest, she remembered the world that was. That world was gone, but Wade’s legacy would live on forever. She saw it in her son’s eyes for his family and his home, grasping the knowledge that Wade had left behind the greatest legacy of all—love.
THE END
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Books under Jerri Hines:
The Southern Legacy Series
Belle of Charleston, Book One
Shadows of Magnolia, Book Two
Born to Be Brothers, Book Three
The Sun Will Rise, Book Four
Winds of Betrayal Series:
The Cry For Freedom
Embrace of the Enemy
Kiss of Deceit
The Heavens Shall Fall
Set Fire To The Rain ~ Coming Soon!
Tides of Charleston Series:
The Judas Kiss
The Promise
Another Night Falls
Books Under Penname Colleen Connally
Secret Lives Series:
Seductive Secrets
Broken Legacy
Seductive Lies
Boston's Crimes of Passion
Fragmented
Framed~ Coming Soon!
Books Under Penname Carrie James Haynes
Dreamscape
Whispers of a Legend Series—Shadows of the Past
The Path Now Turned
Vision of Destiny
Time of the Nuxvenom