Page 54 of The Christmas Ring
Vanessa stood with the other guests, and her eyes met Sadie’s. They had survived the unthinkable, and now they would celebrate the greatest gift of all. The gift of love. Vanessa turned to look at Hudson. He couldn’t hold back his tears as he watched Sadie walk down the aisle to him.
When Sadie and Ben reached the front of the church, Sadie hugged him and kissed his cheek. “Thank you,” she whispered.
And with that, Ben took his spot beside Vanessa. The two held hands and Vanessa savored the feeling of him beside her. Ben was not only her best friend, but the one she would grow old with. Her husband. The man who loved her daughter like his own.
In fact, over the past four years, Ben and Sadie had grown very close. She was his favorite tennis partner, and he was her confidant when she needed a father’s advice. No, Ben would never replace Alan. But Sadie had come to love him very much.
They had all agreed that if God could find Vanessa’s missing Christmas ring, if He could bring Vanessa and Bentogether and build a bond between Sadie and Ben, then truly He could do anything. Even this wedding here today.
They were all home now. Where they belonged. Because home wasn’t a place—it was the people Vanessa loved. Yes, the word her great-grandfather had chosen was the right one, for sure.
Home.
It was all part of the miracle. The one Vanessa and Sadie had prayed for on a snowy hill in Breckenridge. A miracle that Vanessa would thank God for every day.
For as long as she lived.
