Page 102 of Hiding for the Holidays
I can’t see what he’s trying to pick up but it’s Grant who groans, rolling his eyes as he kneels down beside him, reaching down to pick it up himself. “Shit, that’s slippery!” he says when he seems to lose control of it. I still can’t see what they’re trying to pick up as I lean forward and scan the ground.
“For fucks sake guys, how hard can it be to pick it up?” Asher says, kneeling on Leo’s other side and reaching for… whatever it is.
My eyes scan the empty ground as their hands seem to reach for something I just can’t see.
“What on earth are you guys doing?” I ask in confusion.
In unison, their hands still as all of their heads lift, their eyes filled with love and hope as they look at me.
I frown in confusion as I look between them.
“Rosie, this past year has been the best year of our life,” Asher says, making me suck in a sharp breath.
What is happening right now? Are they about to do what I think they’re gonna do?
“We couldn’t imagine living a single day without you,” Grant adds as my fingers dig into the couch cushion I’m sitting on.
“We love you so much and want to make this permanent,” Leo adds as he lifts a small ring box up and holds it open between us.
“Will you marry us?” They ask in unison, making tears form in my eyes.
“Yes!” I squeal, launching myself out of my chair arms wideand colliding with them. The next few minutes are filled with hugs and kisses and admiration of the gorgeous ring they got me.
I wipe the tears away as I smile, feeling happier than I ever have before. These men have come to mean everything to me, and to think, if I hadn’t been trying to run and hide from my ex, I never would have found them.
I’m a firm believer that things happen for a reason. But I also believe that you have to make your own future. If I hadn’t run, I would still be stuck with Scott. I just had to have the strength to leave, then fate rewarded me with these three men.
I know not everyone’s journey has a happy ending, or it takes a lot longer to get there, but if you keep fighting for the future you want, keep looking for ways to make yourself happy, then you’ll find it.
If you sit around and surround yourself with sadness, that’s all you’ll ever be… sad. Don’t wait for your happiness to drop into your lap. You need to go out there and find it for yourself.
That’s what I did, I just didn’t realize it at the time.
And now, with the three men I love, I have found my true happiness, a place to feel safe and loved and supported. A place where I can be myself and not be judged.
A place I can call home.
The End
