Total pages in book: 80
Estimated words: 76381 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 382(@200wpm)___ 306(@250wpm)___ 255(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 76381 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 382(@200wpm)___ 306(@250wpm)___ 255(@300wpm)
“I can certainly keep you warm in this cabin too,” he said, giving me a saucy smirk.
“At least this one will have food and heat,” I said, thinking of the pictures the boys had printed out for us to see of the cabin they’d chosen.
“Mom,” our little reader called, making me turn to look at him. He looked just like his father. But with my eyes.
“Yeah, bud?”
“The new book in your series is out,” he told me, shamelessly holding out the book with a scantily-clad, embracing couple on the front.
“I didn’t even know. You’re the best,” I told him, but took the book from him, so no one thought he was reading that particular book.
“Think that one will have some inspiration for us in it?” Riff asked as we headed to the counter.
We may or may not have found out that we enjoyed reenacting scenes from some of my books sometimes.
“Do you want to traumatize the kids?” I asked. The cabin seemed roomy, but not big enough for loud adult activities.
“We can do it in the woods,” he suggested, voice close to my ear. “I promise to do a check for poison ivy, so we don’t get it in our unmentionables.”
Our son came rushing to the counter then with all his new books and a fresh new bookmark, practically vibrating with his excitement as we got rung up and headed back out to the SUV where the teens were already waiting for us.
We all climbed in.
Then Riff drove us slowly but surely out of town and into the wilderness.
I was going back to the woods.
But this time, by choice.
With my kids.
And the love of my life at my side.
It felt like a full circle moment.
“Love you,” Riff said, voice low, as he lifted my hand to kiss the back of it.
I loved him back.
More than I ever thought possible.
There was evil in the world, things outside of the control of everyone minus the ones inflicting that pain.
But I truly believed that the universe sent Riff not only to rescue me, but to show me the good still left in the world.
I saw it every single time I looked at him.
And in the kids we’d created together.
“I love you too.”
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