“Thank you,” Erin says, looking down at her daughter, then at her mom. “I’m going to head outside. Walker should be here any moment to take Savannah to his dad’s while the babies nap.”
Her mom smiles at her. “I’ll be right out, hunnie.”
“Look at his face, Casen.” My mom squeezes Joshua’s face. “I need some of these. Just a dozen or so.”
She hands him back to his grandmother who is chuckling. “I begged Erin forever to have kids. Once she met Walker it was like they turned into a baby factory. I’m surprised they come out of the bedroom. I think she’s preggo with number four. I can sense it.”
“Well, I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you, Eden.” My mom laughs.
Mrs. Decker pats Mom on the shoulder. “Have a great lunch.”
They hug before Eden leaves and we sit back down. “Forgive Embyr, Casen. It not only benefits you but if you don’t there is the chance you are going to miss out on an epic love. One that people write stories about.”
“Mom, I doubt someone would ever write a story about teenagers fucking up a woman so bad that she comes back for revenge.”
She shrugs. “You never know, but if you forgive her and then it doesn’t work out, at least you can be at peace. It’s not usually the ones who need to be forgiven that suffer. It’s the ones that don’t release them of their sins that pay the price. It’s not for them, it’s for you.”
I soak in her advice. I need to forgive Embyr. Maybe not pursue more than an explanation and see where things go.
“Then, when you have the make up sex you can start to work on my twelve grandchildren.” She comments stone-faced.
“Seriously, Mom? Twelve?”
She looks directly at me. “I’m serious. I don’t want Eden Decker to outnumber me in grandchildren, and I know for a fact your sister is a lost cause. She’s never going to get married.”
I have to laugh at that. I’m glad I picked her up for lunch today, now I just need to figure out how to proceed with forgiving Embyr.
I know what I have to do.
