Liam rests his chin on her shoulder and
whispers ‘thank you’ to me and it just breaks my
heart.
Those two love each other so completely. What
they feel for each other is infinite and I couldn’t
think of a better family to trust my daughter to if
something should happen to me.
“That’s fabulous, love,” Liam whispers in her
hair, also very moved.
“Come on, let’s go tell everybody,” she says,
breaking away from her man’s grip and heading
downstairs.
I get up too and slip on my shoes. It’s almost
opening time and thank God I work, because I
couldn’t stand to be closed up here all by myself.
As I go to the door Liam blocks me. He looks
me in the eyes a moment then hugs me. It takes me
so off-guard that I stay with my arms limp at my
side as he hugs me tighter.
“Thanks, Erin. You have no idea how much that
means to her.”
I hug him back and smile because sometimes it
really is useless to talk.
We come apart and he dries his eyes with his
sleeve and takes a breath before we head
downstairs.
We get down to the dining room and Rain is
there going hoarse, yelling the news to everyone as
Aaron watches her with great affection and
everyone is moved to see how much it means to