Player Loves Curves Box Set #4-6 by Hope Ford
Epilogue
Serenity
Three years later
Sittingdown in the front of the stadium, I have a perfect view of right field. The rest of the players can do whatever and I wouldn’t notice. I always keep my eyes on Dusty. We are up three to one against the Tigers, but if I’ve learned anything in baseball, it can change with the drop of a hat, or ball I guess I should say. The other team has bases loaded and there’s two outs. This game can go either way.
I’m sitting next to my mother-in-law. “Would you like some popcorn?” she asks me.
I shake my head and hold out the peanut and chocolate candy. “No, I’m good.” After everything with his mother, I was surprised when she showed up at my house one day. As soon as I let her in, she apologized to me, telling me that she was sorry for treating me the way she did. I, of course, forgave her and we’ve actually become close since then. Either because we really do have a lot in common, or she’s just trying to be my friend because of Dusty, I don’t care. I want our relationship to work because I want my relationship with Dusty to work.
I graduated school and started working in an office that helps neglected children. I love it and am so happy to have chosen this profession. The only downfall is not being able to get off to go to away games. I know Dusty wants me with him, but he’s the most supportive husband I ever could have wished for. He is perfect. We got married shortly after I met his mom. And even the tabloids have become nicer to me. Maybe it was the dress I wore to the award ceremonies right after we got married, or maybe it’s all of the fundraising and volunteer work I do, but for whatever reason, I’m grateful that they now only post about me in a positive light. I can’t help but think that Dusty had a hand in that.
Lost in thought, I startle when the crowd around me jumps out of their seats, cheering. His mom and I both jump out of our seats as the ball’s hit right to Dusty. We watch as it sails through the air and Dusty is tracking it, chasing it down. When he makes a diving catch for it, the crowd goes wild and his mom and I both start jumping up and down. We win and the whole time that Dusty’s running in, he’s watching me with a smile on his face.
My heart is beating triple time in my chest. When his eyes are on me, I can tune out everything else. He stops at the fence in front of me and I put my fingers through the openings. He grabs on to them as I bend down and kiss him. We started doing this after the first game I went to, and he’s continued it every game since. He tells me it’s because he loves having me there for him and wants every man to know I’m taken.
When the people around us start an uproar, I pull away and point up to the jumbotron. It took a lot of work to keep this surprise from him, but I did it. He looks behind him and the image of the two of us are up there. They usually do this for the kiss cam, but not today. Today they add a border around our picture with the text, “Daddy Dusty.”
He looks at the screen and back at me, still not understanding. I finally nod my head at him. “You’re going to be a dad!” I tell him through the fence.
The amazement on his face tells me that no one broke my secret. He jogs around the fence to the gate and pushes his way through the crowd. Everyone is patting him on the back, but his gaze is still on me. He stops only when he gets right in front of me. My hands go up around his neck. I can see his mom crying beside us, while our friends all hug her. Dusty’s hand goes to my waist. “A baby?”
With tears rolling down my cheeks, I nod my head.
As if he still can’t believe it, he asks me, “I’m going to be a dad?”
All I can do is nod, because this gentle giant that is standing in front of me is beyond emotional. There are cameras everywhere, but he doesn’t care. With tears rolling down his face, he thanks me. “You have given me so much. The first day I met you, you made my life better. You are my everything, pretty girl. I choose you a thousand times, always and forever.”
THE END
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