uld happen to you.”
“I know. I’m sorry, I guess I’m just trying to figure out how to process what happened and how I move on from here.”
His hand came up and pushed a loose strand of hair behind my ear. “I’m almost positive you’re going to be happy once you get there, babe.”
“I have my phone, if Daddy bothers you, call me and I’ll be there.”
Grayson laughed as he kissed me once more and stepped out of the way while I followed Grace to her car.
Once we got into her car and started talking, everything seemed to just fall into place. It was as if I hadn’t ever left Mason at all.
I hadn’t been paying attention to where we were going until I realized we were pulling up to the Mathews’ main gate. “What are we doing here?”
“You’ll see,” Grace said.
“Have you talked to Libby? I really want to see the baby. I bet he is so big now.”
Grace giggled. “Almost six months old, the little bugger.”
My stomach fluttered knowing I was carrying a baby. I’d watched three of my friends already have kids and I never in my wildest dreams would have thought I’d have wanted it as bad as I did.
Driving down the familiar driveway, I asked Grace a million questions about being pregnant. When she pulled up and put her car in park, I turned and grinned so big I was sure my cheeks would cramp.
“Grams and Gramps.”
“The best place on Earth!”
“Hell yeah it is,” I softly spoke as I took in the familiar white ranch house.
The screen door opened as I got out of the car. My hand came over my mouth as I watched my girls all pile out onto the porch. Alex was holding Bayli’s hand as she walked along her side. “Oh my God! Bayli is walking!”
Grace laughed and wrapped her arm around mine. Libby was standing there holding Trey in her arms as Mireya jumped all around calling out my name.
Lauren stood there with a smile on her face that caused me to smile even bigger. She looked beautiful with her blonde hair all pulled up and piled on top of her head. “Lauren looks amazing!”
“Yeah, she really does,” Grace said as we started walking toward the porch. That’s when I saw my sister.
“Taylor,” I whispered.
With tears streaming down her face, Taylor ran down the stairs and into my arms.
I wanted to cry out in pain, but I couldn’t. I wrapped my sister up in my arms as we both stood there and cried.
When we finally pulled apart, Taylor wiped her tears away. “I’ve missed you so much, Meg.”
My heart felt so at peace as I looked at my beautiful little sister standing before me. “I’ve missed you more, Tay.”
Then I came face to face with the bluest of blue eyes.
“Grams,” was all I could say as she took my hand in hers.
“Welcome home my sweet girl.”
Tears fell freely as I scanned over the scene. I never in a million years would have imagined missing these girls as much as I had. Bending down, I called out for Mireya. When her little arms wrapped around my neck, I felt a complete peace move through my body.
Home.
I was home.