27. Epilogue
Kenzie
“ A little to the left.”
Kenzie watched Papi adjust her favorite—and first ever—diamond art picture according to her instructions. She’d finished it almost a year ago. It was funny that her broken heart was what had spurred her to create it. Now, the same man who’d broken her heart had fixed it and filled it with so much love and joy, she could hardly contain it. He’d also brought someone else into their lives who fulfilled them both and completed them both in ways she hadn’t realized they’d needed.
Kenzie finally felt like this was her home too and was taking up their offer to add décor around the house. She’d even moved in a few days ago. Her boxes were still scattered about the house, waiting for things to be unpacked and placed, but despite so much still being packed away, she’d never felt more at home than she did in that moment.
Once the picture was hung to her satisfaction, Papi reminded her of the time, and she had to rush to get ready for work. She didn’t want to be late. Things had been great there since Nicole had been fired and arrested for theft. Apparently, after they’d left that day, Annie had called the police and started a criminal investigation.
It was discovered that Nicole had been traveling the country, getting jobs at different places with assumed identities. She’d steal what she could until she was either caught—or about to be—and at each new place, she’d begin by pilfering small amounts of money at a time, with the big payout being the large amount she would take before suddenly “disappearing.” Her name wasn’t even Nicole but Annalise something or other. Kenzie didn’t remember exactly, and she wasn’t worried about it. She was just grateful Papi’d had the foresight to get what he needed to prove Kenzie’s innocence. She couldn’t imagine what would have happened if he hadn’t. Maybe she’d be the one in jail instead of Nicole.
All was right in Kenzie’s world these days and as her Daddy buckled her into the car so her men could take her to work together, she thanked the heavens for the fact she’d decided to take this chance. She couldn’t imagine her world without Daddy and Papi, but since she’d found her courage and taken the leap, she didn’t have to.