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“But your job—” “I left it,” he says, studying my eyes. “And your life—” “Is wherever you are. Guess you shouldn’t have been so perfect if you didn’t want me to love you this much.”
“Because I made sure there was no way to leave you with any doubt.” My eyes search his, and it finally dawns on me. “It was you who shot Christopher,” I whisper in shock. “That was my message to you,” he goes on. “Didn’t realize it’d take them so long to find the body.”
I shiver in his arms, realizing how fucked up this token of love would be to the rest of the world. But to me, roses and poems can’t compare.
Hadley grins at us and puts Bennett down as she skips toward the door. I hope Jake is prepared to be surprised. I also hope she wasn’t just a fling to him, since she’s sort of in Greece right now.
Hadley do a search of a list of surnames. I knew you wouldn’t change your first name. Lana Vorhees was pretty obvious, considering I watched Friday the Thirteenth all the time when I was a kid.”
“I decided if I could choose anywhere in the world to be, it’d be wherever you were,”
“I love you,” I whisper across his lips. “I love you, Lana Vorhees,” he says, grinning. It’s our own twisted version of perfection.
Lindy has given her all the tools to do that, and she’s finally moved on herself in her quest to save Laurel. Her ex-husband killed himself a little over two years ago.
Most importantly, we dance every night.
Which is why I love Lana so much. She still continues to surprise me, and I’m fairly positive I’d be the one burning the world down if anyone ever tried to take her from me.
Two months after I showed up in Greece, Lana and I got married. It was just the four of us with one officiate, but it was perfect. Hadley and Jake took two years to follow our lead.
There’s something you need to learn about loving a girl like Lana. She had to open something up inside herself to do what it took to end Delaney Grove’s reign of terror. And that something can’t just be locked away. She has special needs. Needs that I tend to once a year, because I love keeping her sane. And she can’t live in denial of who she is.
“Thank you,” she murmurs as I hand her the knife. She clutches it as her body shudders with the impending high. Too much steals her soul. Too little could cause her to lash out from denying what she had to become. But once a year? That’s just right. And Leonard uses that to his advantage, because not all monsters can go to prison. Lana’s unique, and I wouldn’t change anything about her. Because now I see the world the way it really is, and I know my only place is right by her side.
She’s eager to get to work, but savoring the moment, taunting him with the hope he hasn’t released just yet. Her head falls back against my chest as she revels in the moment, drawing it out. I put my lips against her ear and whisper, “Happy anniversary, baby.” THE END.
Note: On July 24, 2021, author CM Owens—also known as S.T. Abby & Kristy Cunning—passed away. Her main book club is still up and running to keep the love alive for all her hard works.
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