Chapter Twenty-Six
Ethan
One month later
I place my arms on the railing and look out at the forest. I can smell the fresh coffee in the house. I can hear Jenn talking to our son.
Everything with the center and going out and saving more women has been picking up lately.
Things finally feel like they’re going back to normal, back before Tristan. But at the same time, it’s a new normal because now I have a family of my own. A wife and son that I would burn the world down to keep safe and happy.
Jenn has stepped away from working as a counselor at the center. Shawn, Emory, and Sherri were sad when Jenn let them know she was leaving, but she wants to be home with our son.
She has never been able to make her own choices and now that she can I don’t get in the way. She can have and do whatever the fuck she wants, and I will be right there to support her and love her in every way I can.
“Babe,” Jenn pulls my attention from my thoughts and forests to her. She leans back against the railing placing one of her hands on my arm.
“Hey, sweetheart.”
“I have something to show you.”
“What?”
She reaches into her back pocket and pulls out a pregnancy test. I stand up straight as I lay out my hand for her and she gently places the test into my hand. I see the plus sign and my heart races and stops at the same time.
“Is this real?”
“Yes, babe, we are going to have another baby.”
I drop the test to the ground and wrap my arms around her, pulling her into me. She smiles as she wraps her arms around my waist. “I am so in love with you.”
“I love you, too, babe.”
We both lean in at the same time and connect our lips. We are having another baby. I want to have five or six. I want this whole house filled with family, friends, and children. All the things I never had growing up.
When Jenn and I first met we were both shattered like vases and now we are put back together again because of each other, and now we are beautifully shattered together. Forever intertwined.
I will always be grateful Shawn found her outside of the club. Because of him I found the love of my life. Because of him I found my purpose. Because of him I get to be better than I was yesterday.
I have no words to fully explain how I feel right now, but I do know that our future is bright, and every day I fall more and more in love with my wife and the life we are creating together. I can’t wait to see what happens next.
The End