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“I love you, Annabelle.”He looks right at me, his eyes glassy, and my breath halts in my chest.“I never want to leave you or the boys again.I’d really like to stick around more permanently, if you want that?”
“I want that.I want that more than anything,” I whisper, almost too scared to say what I want out loud, but he grins before lifting my hand to his lips and kissing it.
“But…” I start, and he looks at me with worry.“But what about your work?You have your firm in the city, Sawyer.I can’t ask you to leave that.I mean…”
His answer is simple.“I sold it.”
I lose my breath for the second time in a matter of minutes.
“You… You what?”I ask, trying to understand.Wondering if the bump on my head left me with cognitive issues.
“I sold eighty percent of it to the Rothschild Law Firm.They’re a firm in Baltimore, but they’ve wanted a presence in New York for a while, so I called them and made them an offer.They’ll take all my criminal law business and some of the commercial and contract business, and I’ll keep Tanner and Whiteman’s, my LA office and clients, and a few other business clients from New York that I’ve worked with for years.I’ll still need to fly back there a little bit, at least initially, to do a handover, and then perhaps once every few months or so, but I’ll base myself out of Whispers now, just like Tanner wanted after all.”He huffs a laugh at himself.
He's really done this… for me.“So you’re staying in Whispers?”
“Yeah, well, I met someone… She’s the most beautiful, amazing, stubborn, prideful, most perfect woman…” He looks at me with pure admiration, his voice trailing off and his mouth turning into a grin.
“She sounds like a real catch,” I tease, grinning, finally feeling like my life can now start.
“She is.She thinks I’m Superman.”His smile widens even more.
“Maybe she needed a Superman?”
“Nah, she doesn’t need rescuing.She can rescue herself.But I sure like trying to keep up with her.”He kisses each of my knuckles, and I try to breathe slowly.
“I love you, Sawyer.I never wanted anyone or anything, but I’m sure glad you found me.”
“Good, because now you’re stuck with me.I’m not leaving you again, Annabelle.You and the boys mean the world to me.”
“I miss my boys…” I really want to hug them right now.
He squeezes my hand.“They’re on their way.”
My happiness level rises even more, and I smile wholeheartedly.
“Just tell me one thing?”he asks me tentatively.
“Anything,” I say firmly.
“Are there any other skeletons in your closet?”he asks jokingly, and I decide to tease him some more.
“Well… there is Gladis.”
He looks at me with wide eyes.“Who is Gladis?”he asks, and I can’t stop the snort of laughter that comes from my mouth.But I’m quickly reminded of exactly why I’m in this hospital as my head thumps.
“The baby goat Victoria gave Kevin last week that we’ve adopted…” I tell him, and he rolls his eyes.
“With you, me, the boys, and now Gladis, I know life is going to be amazing.Nothing is going to ever stand in our way again,” he says, just as the door opens, and my boys run in, jumping up onto the bed, the pain in my head worth it as the four of us snuggle together.
I finally got my happy ending.
Epilogue - Sawyer
“What the hell are you wearing?”Sutton looks at me like I’ve grown a second head from where he sits in the theater room, watching yet another movie.
“What?I think I fit in,” I say, fixing the cuffs of my new shirt, walking toward him.
“Well, news flash.You don’t.”He jumps up from the sofa to get a good look at me.It’s true, I feel like a fish out of water in these clothes, but now that I’m a Whispers local, I thought I should at least try to look the part.
