Page 9 (2/2)

I’d been watching the da those little dots as we flew over the ocean for what felt like an eternity I’d never considered ht Maybe it was the prospect oftheht mean

Ideal, especially since Cade has never brought anyone hoe, like this one trip had the potential to change everything

And that was pretty scary

After all, I’ve only been divorced a little over a year Shouldn’t I be sowing ?

I turned my attention back to Cade and smiled

His scruff was a day old; his long, dark hair was starting to co his face, but even with his eyes closed, he was the eous man I’d ever seen And any wild oats I had in me, had definitely been sowed by him

Truthfully, before he’d rode up toanyone So, although things see quickly, there was no other man, shit, no other person, in this world I’d rather be with until the end of my days

I’ that epiphany, but in what felt like a matter of seconds, the wheels touched doith a bounce and ere taxiing down the runway

“Elin, Elena, get up We’re here,” I said softly, leaning over to touch theently on the arm

They both shot up, eyes wide, with grins on their faces,sleep, then turned to me and asked excitedly in unison, “We’re in Hawaii?”

Being the mother of eleven, almost twelve, year-old twins, you’d think I’d be used to thes in unison like that, but no … That shit is freaky every time

“Uh … yeah, we just landed,” I replied, then shushed the in their seats I shrugged, knowing there was no use in trying to contain their excite a lid on it up until that point, so why not let theet another trip to Hawaii

“Cade,” I whispered, leaning tomy hand down Cade’s arm “We’ve landed”

He grunted, then said, “Wake ate”

I rolled ate and they turned off the fasten seat belt sign, I woke hiain This tiht up, and stepped into the aisle

Then, he proceeded to stretch His black T-shirt caave me a bird’s eye view of his happy trail

Once I’d tucked ood eyeful, I turned to s froet off the plane

When it was our turn to disembark, Cade pulled out suitcases down from the overhead compartment, and we started off the plane First Cade, with his orn leather backpack slung over one shoulder and a ratty Arreen duffel in his hand Then Elin and Elena, with their Harry Potter and Star Wars rolling bags, and finallywhy I’d been in such a hurry to land when all I wanted to do in that moment was run back to the plane

With every step closer to the arrival area, hter and my buzz started to fade By the time we stepped out of the corridor into the open space, filled with happy sounds and tons of people, I was ready to upchuck the six tiny bottles of vodka that had seeht

I looked up in tihtly, while a handso leis around the twins’ necks I plastered a sroup, all eyes turned to me

Cade’s mother’s face lit up as she looked to hireat hips”

The trip from the airport to Cade’s fa a long and winding road Everyone else was talking happily while I stared out theand cursed

It’s horrible when you have a buzz and you really don’t want to