As we lie in bed still fighting for breath, I can’t let her go, needing to feel her against me. “Thank you for loving me, for being stronger than I was. You opened your heart to me, and let me in, while I was still fighting it. I thought it would make me weak. Only it didn’t, it made me stronger than I’ve ever been. Remember how I took you up to the tower and showed you the view? I feel like that every time you look at me with love in your eyes. Now I have you, a brother-in-law who can put up with Amelia, and grandparents for our babies. Do you think your parents would be open to moving to the suburbs here? They seemed really sad at the idea of going back. Maybe, if they lived closer, we could help them get into a better financial position.”
“Ethan, you can be the sweetest man, ever. You don’t have to say thank you because me without you wasn’t ever an option, from the moment I saw you. I never doubted you, or me. But I don’t want you to take on my parents, they aren’t your responsibility. It would be unfair and I don’t want you under the stress their financial problems could cause.”
“Holly, making you happy and taking care of you isn’t a stress. It’s the right thing for me. They made you, I figure I owe them. You made the right choice today letting go of the past, now let’s maybe look at making the future everything it can be.”
“Yes, lord and master Bishop, as you wish.”