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February 1 - February 10, 2024
“Why the fuck did you let me walk out?”
“I have no fucking clue. I’ve been watching that door every day for three months, hoping you were going to be the next person to walk in. And then you did and it just...took me a minute. I was waiting for you to say it was me you wanted, and you didn’t.”
“I need all of you this time. I don’t want you here because Caleb isn’t an option. I want you to be here because I’m the option you want.”
“Marriage. You mean . . . between the two of us?”
sure or are you asking if you’re sure?” I run my index finger down his nose. God, I love his perfect nose. His dark eyes. That lopsided grin. I want to marry him so much it hurts.
He presses his lips to the top of my head. “I’ve wanted to marry you since I first saw you years ago. Why the fuck would I want to wait?”
He pulls me closer, pressing my head to his bare chest. “I know you’re scared, after what happened. I hope you’ll consider trying again, but if you can’t, that’s okay too.” “Of course I want children. I just didn’t know if you’d want them...with me.”
“I know it’s something Caleb gave you, but if this is going to work, I have to accept that he was a part of your life and in some ways, he always will be.”
“It was about Hannah, not Caleb. Everything was about Hannah.”
she hadn’t died, I wouldn’t be here right now. I am never going to say that it was for the best, or that it was meant to be. But I can say that sometimes from darkness a beautiful thing emerges, something you’ll call your own.
It’s just after sunset when Grace Bennett Beck enters the world.
When I hold her for the first time, I’m stunned by how small she is. Somehow, I never expected her to feel so terrifyingly fragile.
Kate’s blinking back tears as she glances at me again. “Thank you,” she whispers. “For her. I have a family for the first time in my life.”
I already love her so much that it would destroy me to lose her.
It hits me like a freight train, suddenly, this thing Kate already knew: Life is fragile and there are no guarantees. Everyone you allow yourself to love is someone you might one day lose.
