She smiled up at him, and he couldn’t help but kiss her again.
He knew he’d loved her before, but looking down on her now, his heart felt like it would break apart. It was so full, but in a good way. His love for her deepened to the point that it almost scared him. He’d never felt this depth of emotion before.
He knew nothing would change. She’d never leave him. But he knew he had resources, the other daddies, that would help him when he needed them.
Simon was going to enjoy every minute he had with her.
Epilogue
Casey sat back in Simon’s office chair after hanging up with her parents. She informed them of her accident, the totaled car, and the man she met, but she didn’t know what shocked them the most. It didn’t shock them when she told them what transpired at her aunt’s house.
“She’s always been so cold. I was hoping she’d soften over the years,” her mom said.
“No, if anything, she’s just gotten worse. When Simon came to get me, we hugged, and you would have thought the world was going to end. She kept screaming about how sinful I was.”
“If you ask me,” her father said. “If she’d gotten laid, she’d be better.”
Her mother gasped while Casey laughed until tears came to her face.
“My God, James. You just said that in front of your daughter,” her mother yelled at him, making them both laugh harder.
Her mother, Debbie, hissed. “I swear you two are so much alike. It’s a shock that I haven’t had a nervous breakdown yet.”
James spoke up. “Dear, she’s twenty-four years old and in a relationship. Unless it’s one of those bizarre ones I read about…”
“Like what?” Casey asked.
“The ones that marry their dogs, car, or blow-up doll,” he said.
“Oh, my. Please tell me it’s a normal relationship,” her mother pleaded.
Casey snorted. “Well, Simon’s really a turtle, but that’s okay, right?”
Her dad burst out again, and she heard her mother sigh.
“Do you see the resemblance, you two?” Debbie asked.
Both her father and she started laughing again. Casey was shocked to hear her mother curse a few times. But that just set off her father again.
“Honey, we have to go, but I want to meet your boyfriend,” her mother said.
Casey cringed. She could just imagine what Simon would do when he heard that.
“You will. I’ll bring him home for Christmas if he’s able to.”
“That would be wonderful, Honey. Please stay safe, and no more driving,” her mother pleaded.
“Oh, don’t worry about that. Simon doesn’t let me drive and won’t even get my car fixed.”
“Now, that’s a smart man you’ve got, Honey.”
“Thanks, Dad. I’ll tell him you said that.”
“I love you, Dear,” Debbie said.
“I love you guys, too.”
“Love you, Peaches.” Her father always called her that.