Chapter 294\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sarah came over and hugged me carefully, mindful of my still healing injuries, \u201cI\u2019m so happy for you,\u201d she said. \u201cYou deserve this, all of this.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Orion hugged me next, his embrace tight and emotional. \u201cWelcome to the family officially little sister,\u201d he said. \u201cNot that you weren\u2019t already family but now it\u2019ll be legal for life.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I laughed and wanted to tell him he shouldn\u2019t be welcoming me but Tristan but I understood what he meant.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I\u2019d lost my ways, but I\u2019d found myself back to my family, to my pack and to the people I love the most in this world.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And I wasn\u2019t going anywhere. For life.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOur kids are going to grow up together,\u201d I said looking between Orion and Tristan. \u201cJust like our\u00a0<\/p>\n
parents wanted.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cJust like they wanted,\u201d Orion confirmed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
We spent the next few hours walking around the property, Tristan and Orion pointing out where\u00a0<\/p>\n
they planned to put different things.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A playground for the kids halfway between the two houses so both families could use it, a vegetable garden that Sarah and I could tend together, maybe some fruit trees along the edge of the property.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They talked about building a proper path between the two houses so we could easily walk back and forth without having to get in cars, maybe string lights along it so it would be lit at night.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen will everything be ready?\u201d I asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOur house should be done in about three months,\u201d Tristan said. \u201cWe\u2019re on an accelerated schedule\u00a0<\/p>\n
now, Orion\u2019s will take longer, maybe five or six months total.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSo we\u2019ll move in before the baby comes,\u201d I said placing my hand on my stomach.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s the plan,\u201d he confirmed. \u201cI want our child to be born into this house, to start their life here\u00a0<\/p>\n
on this land that meant so much to our parents.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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1\/3\u00a0<\/p>\n
20:01 Tue, Jan 20 GW\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 294\u00a0<\/p>\n
I looked around at everything, at the house being built that would become our home, at the land\u00a0<\/p>\n
stretching out in every direction, at my brother\u2019s house in the distance where he and his family\u00a0<\/p>\n
would live close by.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This was more than I\u2019d ever dreamed of, more than d ever thought possible, our parents had\u00a0<\/p>\n
planned this before they died and now their children were making it reality.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019d be so proud,\u201d I said to Orion and Tristan. \u201cAll of them, they\u2019d be so proud of what you\u2019re\u00a0<\/p>\n
doing here.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI hope so,\u201d Orion said quietly. \u201cI like to think they\u2019re watching and smiling.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are,\u201d I said with certainty. \u201cThey have to be.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
14%\u56fe\u00a0<\/p>\n
We stayed until the sun started to set, letting the kids run around and tire themselves out, talking\u00a0<\/p>\n
about furniture and decorating, planning where things would go, imagining our future lives in this\u00a0<\/p>\n
place.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As we finally loaded back into the truck to head to Orion\u2019s house, I kept looking at the ring on my\u00a0<\/p>\n
finger, still hardly able to believe any of this was real.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou okay?\u201d Tristan asked noticing me staring at it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m more than okay,\u201d I said. \u201cI\u2019m happier than I\u2019ve ever been in my entire life, terrified out of my\u00a0<\/p>\n
mind but incredibly happy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cScared of what?\u201d he asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat it\u2019s too good to be true,\u201d I admitted. \u201cThat something will come along and destroy all of this.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNothing\u2019s going to destroy this,\u201d he said firmly taking my hand. \u201cWe\u2019ve been through the worst\u00a0<\/p>\n
already, we\u2019ve survived attacks and loss and pain, this is our time now, our time to be happy and\u00a0<\/p>\n
build the life we want.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to believe that,\u201d I said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThen believe it,\u201d he said. \u201cBelieve in us, in this, in our future and in this family we\u2019re creating.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I looked at him at the certainty in his eyes, at the love written all over his face, and I made a\u00a0<\/p>\n
III\u00a0<\/p>\n
<\u00a0<\/p>\n
2\/3\u00a0<\/p>\n
20:01\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tue, Jan zu G\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 294\u00a0<\/p>\n
14%2\u00a0<\/p>\n
conscious choice to believe, to trust that we deserved this happiness, that our baby would grow up\u00a0<\/p>\n
safe and loved, that our family would thrive on the land our parents had chosen for us.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOkay,\u201d I said. \u201cI believe.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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