“I love you so much, Phoenix Diamond McClain; you are the woman for me. I have never wanted any person the way I want you. There should be no doubt about my feelings for you; I will do right by you. I promise to protect your heart and never lie to you again. It killed me not to tell you the truth, but I wanted you to have the relationship you wanted with your mother, and I thought I was doing the right thing. Now I know that was wrong; you will be the mother to my kids if we decide to go that way. This is us, baby, the quiet and the storm,
