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EPILOGUE – HOME
Laura
Laughter rang through the house, the kind that settled deep in your chest and stayed there. The kind of laughter I never thought I’d get to hear again.
I stood in the doorway, watching as Luke and Jess maneuvered boxes from the U–Haul, bickering about who was carrying the heavier load. Josh was helping too, but knowing him, he’d take any excuse to slack off and tease them instead.
“A little help here, Saunders?” Luke grunted, shifting a particularly large box against his chest.
Josh smirked, wiping his hands on his jeans. “I am helping. I’m supervising.”
Jess rolled her eyes. “Unbelievable. I swear, Laura, you married the laziest man alive.”
I grinned as I leaned against the doorway, arms crossed. “Oh, trust me, I know. Just remember he was your best friend first. Or maybe that was just because you were hung up on his sister.”
Josh shot me a playful glare before walking up to me, slipping an arm around my waist, and pressing a kiss to my temple. “Yeah, yeah, make fun of me all you want. But I seem to remember a certain someone begging me not to get out of bed this morning.”
Heat bloomed in my cheeks, and I smacked his chest, making
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Luke set down his box with a thud, then wiped his brow dramatically. “Anyway. As I was saying before someone decided to flirt in front of me-” He shot us both a look. “Now that Josh got his contract back, we’re officially back to being the Defend Beasts again.” He smirked. “Back where we belong.”
Josh’s grip on me tightened slightly, and I felt the way his body relaxed into mine. Back where we belong.
Everything had come full circle.
Jess clapped her hands together, grinning like she was about to cry. “And now we’re neighbors again! I get to see Asha every day, and Asha gets to see her niece and nephew whenever she wants.” She turned to me and sighed. “I’m so damn happy, Laura. I can’t believe it all worked out this perfectly.” Jess said hanging the painting of me on the field up where it belongs in our house.
I swallowed against the lump forming in my throat and glanced around–the house, the people I loved, the life I got back.
Josh pulled me in, his lips brushing against my ear. “You okay?”
I looked up at him, into the same eyes that had never once given up on me.
I smiled, pressing a hand against his chest, feeling the steady beat of his heart beneath my palm. “Yeah,” I whispered. “I really am.”
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Asha’s laughter rang from the backyard, mixing with the sound of my niece and nephew playing. The sun was setting, casting the sky in brilliant shades of gold and pink.
This was it.
Not just a second chance. Not just survival.
This was home.
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