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I wrap ain “Thank you I love you, Maria”

“Does thistoht”

I pull away laughing, and I nod my head I aet to meet and keep a best friend like mine

Chapter Twenty-Four

Taylor

Spending ti his beautiful et to spend soet to know her even better I like Brooke I've always liked her Yes, she broke ly, and I won't hold the past against her She caht his son to him Brooke didn't keep Gabriel from him, even when her father threatened to have the baby sent away

That poor girl walked away froht with a newborn in her arms in order to save hiony I'e she could have done to herself internally Thankfully, she's just fine, and all healed now

Brooke has been a good friend to me these past feeeks I haven't been reatly I've always hated seeing Wrench upset He worries about h, and that concerns me

It see hi he didn't feel he could talk to anyone about I ht It was as though a huge weight had been lifted off his shoulders It enuine happiness in his tone

There is nothing I lovewith Brooke and Gabriel joining us Maybe one day soon, Wrench will find the love of his life, and I'll hear the pitter patter of tiny feet from a child of his own

I leftwhile I took a shower I woke up again hot and with pains in et that often lately, and a hot shower shorts me out That and a couple of painkillers

After crea my face, I stand to look at myself in thee, which is weird for those who ask about my children Once I tell theroo heads It's flattering to a degree Makes a girl feel good about herself

However, I' to feelhis ar “Good , handsome”

“Mornin', gorgeous,” He kissesme smile

Jack and I have been together most of our lives I was fifteen e met, and we've been with him ever since We were apart for a short while when his father forced hiht to love each other, and on Jack walked away from his whole family to be with me His family, like Brooke's, were incredibly racist His parents hated ht because of the color of my skin

I have never, and will never be ashamed of my parents My daddy is black, hter They raised ht, to love everyone as my equal, to understand the intolerance, to pray those people one day understand not one person is different from the next, and to love each person the way I wish to be loved

My parents love each other fiercely They fought hard to be together, too It see with ht me to stand up for what I believe in, and I believed in Jack and me

He believed in us too, that's hen his father gave him an ultimatum, me or his family, Jack chose me We'd been apart for months, and I missed him every day, my heart was broken However, he kept his proether ever since Not a day has gone by e haven't been together

I lovein this world He's ave e Sure, we've had some hard tih it together Side by side, Taylor, and Jack BlackJack The road naave him because they believed him to be a blackjoke between the three of them

“Your tits are so perfect” I roll my eyes playfully as he pusheshands My forty-six-year-old husband is hard for ainstmy pussy pulse like every other tiet more beautiful every day”

“You always say that”

“I alwaysmy shoulder, up my neck, to the back ofmine, and I moan into his mouth