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“I’ve been waiting my whole life for you. Just you. I’m not going anywhere.”
“Seven, Molly, Madden, Rush, Christian, Gabe. Those men are all in your life. You’re not alone anymore, Xander. You’re not waiting for your person. You’ve found them.” His pink tongue swipes over his lips. “And you?” “I’m already yours in all the ways I can be.”
Seven swallows loudly and looks over at me. “But it’s been really fucking hard loving him alone.” It suddenly occurs to me that I’ve never heard Seven swear before. I’ve also never thought to ask him if he’s okay.
“Thank you for waiting for me,” he whispers. “I’m going to spend forever proving I was worth it.” Derek doesn’t need to though. “Dare-bear, I’ve always known.”
Bertha really was something special. The place I called home, where I built myself a family, where I finally felt safe for the first time in my life. It’s gone forever now.
“He really loves Derek.” Everyone really loves Derek. He and Gabe have NHL season tickets to watch Gabe’s boyfriend play. Rush lost his damn mind when he saw Derek’s formicarium, and they text nonstop about antish … things. Rush also bought a beekeeping suit thingie to help Derek when he gets his hives. Christian, Émile, and Elle take him out for dinner once a month, and Madden and Penn have invaded Derek’s football games. All these people I have to share him with.
Aggy waves me off. “I have enough houses, thanks.” “Enough …” Rush cocks his head. “As in, more than one?” “As in several.”
“You have all been a pain in my side since I met you,” she says. “Christian with the tittie-grab and Seven with his music. I’ve had to teach Molly to cook from scratch, basically adopt Rush, have seen more of Madden than my poor heart can take, babied dear Gabe, and Xander, my love, I have never met someone with such an attitude in my entire life.” “You can talk.” She laughs. “And I love and adore every single one of you.”
A tear slides over my cheek that I angrily scrub away. “Stop talking like you’re going to die tomorrow. We still have plenty of years left to annoy you.” “Oh, I’m planning on it. But whether I die tomorrow or twenty years from now, I wanted to make sure I had a chance to say thank you. I’ve had a very long life, and the years with you, well, they might be my absolute favorites.” The will is long forgotten as I tackle Aggy in a hug. My brothers are quick to join us, and between the sniffles and the wet patch on my shoulder, I know I’m not the only one struggling with emotion. I have no clue how
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Eden Finley, thank you for being there for all the doubt spirals and hand-holding.
