Live for Me (Hallow Ranch)

by Brittany Ann

“You followed me into a fire to save Valerie, Beau. What makes you think I’m not going to do ...

“That was dif...

“The fuck ...

“Abbie is my—” “—your woman. But she’s our friend—s...

“There’s only one way we do this, and i...

“I’ll see you in hell, buddy.”

“Beau,”

“Hi, Wildflower,”

“I’m so sorry, baby.”

“Don’t—don’t say that. This was all him.” “Are you okay? Tell me you’re okay,”

That’s when I felt it. The happy ending Abbie and I were supposed to have six years ago finally settling on my shoulders.

“I’m sorry,” I whispered. “I’m sorry you were in that much pain.”

“What have I told you about apologizing, dammit?”

“For the last six years, I’ve had nothing...

“What? What do you mean you had nothing to live for?” “My career was a success, yes, but I came home to an empty house. Whenever I would paint, I would only think of you, how I hurt you, how I destroyed us. I knew I would never move on with someone else. There was no sense in trying, because you were—are—the only man I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. It was work, home, paint, sleep. Painting was the only thing that made me feel human. Then, you showed up on my doorstep in the rain, and…”

“What are you trying to say, Abbie?”

“All I want, is to live for you, Beau.”

“And I want you to live for me,”

“I never want us to be in pain like that again. I know we have so much to work out, but I don’t want to go back to a ...

“Are you saying you want be here at Hallow Ranc...

That was the thing about happy endings, they were only new beginnings. We had the rest of our lives to figure out all the rest.

As long as we were together, everything would fall into place.

“If you live for me, Wildflower, I’ll ...

“D...