Epilogue – Three Years Later
EPILOGUE
KADE
THREE YEARS LATER
The rocking chair creaked as I rocked gently back and forth, taking in the early afternoon sun rays. I had a glass of my favorite bourbon in one hand, and a well-read book in the other, and there was nothing better.
I could have died a happy man sitting here and watching my very pregnant wife tend to her flowers in the garden outside our cottage.
The sunlight hit her hair just right, giving it a golden glow that made her look absolutely ethereal. She was a goddess to me at least, having been one of the biggest blessings in my life, and able to bring me to my knees.
Now she was carrying another of our biggest blessings: our son Ben, who was due any day now.
Our first born, Elora, had just turned two years old and was running around in a flurry of blonde hair that made my heart warm. She was the spitting image of her mother, and her miniature in every way that mattered.
Having been from a family full of brothers, I hadn’t expected to have a baby girl, but without a doubt she was everything I could have wanted. And I would protect both of my princesses with my life. And I’d teach my son to always protect the people he loved with the same amount of fire I had.
If someone had told me almost four years ago that I would have left my family business behind to marry the most beautiful woman on the inside and out, and now be awaiting the arrival of our second child, I would have laughed in their face.
I would have laughed even harder if they would have told me that I was living in a cottage in Colorado and wearing flannels or t-shirts and jeans most days.
I had officially gone from a suit wearing man to a full-blown lumberjack, beard, and all.
I had let myself and my heart go entirely, and I’d never felt more at peace with everything.
It felt like before I knew Soren, I was living in an alternate universe, or a different lifetime. Like I was a completely different man which in a way, I guess was true. She’d turned my world upside down in the best possible ways.
I had dreamt of knowing a life of peace, craved it more than anything. I just wish my father was here to see it and to meet his grandchildren and get to know more about the woman I loved. The same woman who’d made me a better man in every way that mattered.
Soren used to tell me I had rescued her, but in truth, she’s the one who rescued me.
And I would live every day for the rest of my life making sure she knew just how much.