Total pages in book: 32
Estimated words: 29807 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 149(@200wpm)___ 119(@250wpm)___ 99(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 29807 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 149(@200wpm)___ 119(@250wpm)___ 99(@300wpm)
“They have missed so much time together.” Melody reaches out, giving my hand a squeeze. Echoing my inner thoughts. “We’ve missed so much time together. And for what?” I can see the tears brimming in her eyes.
“We’ll make it up.” I watch Veronica and Jax play together. Veronica thinks she’s gotten herself a new baby doll. She’s been all over Jax since we walked in the door. “I hope they are as close as Jonas and you are.” I’ve always loved their relationship. Melody and Jonas have a bond that can’t be broken. It didn't matter what their gran wanted. I always admired Melody’s strong spirit. She’d gotten some of that from her gran but unlike her, she had a heart.
“They will. I have no doubt about that.” Melody smiles, looking out into the backyard and watching them play in the giant wooden playhouse. It’s almost big enough to be a real house.
“Jonas built it. He was here whenever he wasn't working or looking for you. He would do anything to keep busy. It hurt me to see him that devastated while trying to deal with the loss of you myself.”
“What is wrong with your gran? Why would she do this? This is beyond hate.” She’s even cut Melody out of her life for the most part. Melody's husband told her to do whatever made her feel happy. Even if it meant separating herself from her gran. It baffles me that Gran has all of this family right here but she doesn't care about them. Family is all I’ve ever wanted. There is no price tag you could put on it.
“As much as I hate her sometimes, other times I feel bad for her.” I nod in agreement. She has no idea what she’s missing out on. No matter how much I do hate her, I’ll always be thankful for her giving me Jonas and Melody. “I’m just glad you’re back. When we thought we lost you, we lost him, too.”
“I promise you, I’ll never willingly leave Jonas. I love that man.”
“I know that.” Her bright blue eyes that match Jax’s and Jonas’ fix on mine. “It’s why I thought you were dead. I know the way that you two look at each other. I see it every day when I look at my own husband.”
“There is a lady here with a dress,” Melody's husband says from the backdoor.
“He had a dress sent here?” I stand up from my chair. I shouldn’t be surprised in the least. Jonas always did whatever he thought would make me happy.
“He said you were getting married today,” Melody reminds me. I didn't forget. I just thought I was going to get married in blue jeans right here in the backyard. “We had already picked one out before everything happened. Remember?”
“I do.” Melody had planned a few small things for the wedding. Nothing had been set in stone. The dress was something I’d tried on one day when we’d been walking past a bridal store. We had been so excited about it.
“I called and told them to bring it over.”
“Are there more surprises? Is that what Jonas is off doing right now?”
“I think we all know what Jonas is doing,” Melody's husband says. Yes, he is dealing with Gran. I have no idea how that will go but I’m guessing not well. I tried to reason with her once. That had cost me years of my life. I refuse to let that woman take anything else from me.
“Daddy!” I hear Jax scream from the playhouse. It’s going to take a while to get used to hearing him say it. I look over to see that Melody has tears in her eyes again as she watches Jax run through the grass into Jonas’ open arms. Jonas picks him up, swinging him around as he giggles uncontrollably. My heart explodes with happiness. Jax can feel it, too. From the moment he laid eyes on Jonas, he took to him. Calling him Daddy was second nature to him.
“You going to be my best man?” Jonas kisses his cheek. Jax will agree to do anything Jonas asks him.
“Can I be the flower girl?” Veronica asks.
“Of course you can,” I tell her.
“Why don’t you pick out one of your dresses, pretty girl?” Melody tells her daughter, who doesn't have to be asked twice before bolting inside.
“You’ve got an hour.” Jonas walks over toward me, giving me a kiss next. I smile against his mouth. I think an hour is one hour too long.
“You okay?” I lean into him as I look up at him. He wraps an arm around me.
“In an hour, I’m going to have everything I ever wanted. You and Jax are all I’ll ever need.”
“Hey! I’m going to pretend that you didn’t just say that,” Melody chimes in.