Vic Vaughn is Vicious by J.A. Huss

EPILOGUE - DAISY

ONE YEAR LATER

Move-in day is typical in a lot of ways. There is stress, there are way too many boxes, and there are problems.

But it’s worth it.

Vic put my name on the deed to the house and the land and we had his name added to Vivi’s birth certificate last fall just before Vic and Pops started framing the house.

It was his grand gesture and came with a marriage proposal. To let me know that we’re together now. There is no me and him, it’s just us.

I, of course, said yes.

From that point on things just got better and better. The town showed up to help Vic and Pops with the framing. Well, not literally. But there were at least twenty or thirty people from town out here helping to make our dream a reality on any given day. The frame went up so fast, we were far, far ahead of schedule when we moved the work inside over the winter. And by the time the weather cleared and we could work outside again, there were so many people helping us, we even had time to put up the barn and the greenhouse before summer even started.

It was like we were the town project. Even though this place is nowhere close to town.

Vic and Pops often joked that people never showed up to fix the mansion like this, so maybe they just want to get rid of us. It’s a cute joke. But it’s not true. I think people just want to be part of something real and Vic and I are real.

Of course, they were all promised a free tattoo, a Shrike Bikes hoodie, and a VIP ticket to the first annual Sick Boyz Tattoo and Bike Festival, which will happen next Fourth of July, if they clocked fifty hours.

Turns out Vic wasn’t joking when he said he might make this place the next Sturgis.

We still spend a lot of time in town. Vivi is just about ready to start third grade at Saint Joseph’s. She and Starling are still in the same class—I did the bribing this year, since Ronnie took care of that last year. And she is thriving there with all her cousins and friends.

I’m thriving in school as well. Elle, Rina, and Luu come out to the farm at least once a month to help me decorate. They’re not cutting boards or nailing things down, so they must come for the eye candy. And of course, I still see them a couple times a week to study in the library.

I thought about changing my major since we’re not going to have a dairy farm. But we are going to have hobby animals. Goats, and cows, and ponies, and chickens, and Vivi has almost talked Vic into a piglet. And I would be lying if I said I didn’t enjoy farm life, so I stuck with animal science and added a few business electives just to make sure this time, I ran the place right.

Life just looks different now. I was never one of those corporate women who wanted to run things. I like a simple life. In fact, I got a new hobby when we started the farm project. I filmed it. Every day we were out here, I made videos of our progress. And then Rook showed up one day and said we should turn this into a show on Tube. So we did. And we’ve already got four hundred patrons who support us every month.

Vic is still tattooing, but only four days a week now instead of five. He just raised his hourly rate to five hundred dollars an hour instead of three. His schedule is booked solid three months out. Plus, every few months the general shows up. Of course, Bobby is here almost every weekend and he brings his wife and kids so…

Yeah. Wow. I have a whole new life overflowing with people.

“What are you smiling about?”

I turn and look at Vic as he comes into our bedroom.

Our. Bedroom. Not his mansion bedroom that he lived in since he was a child. Not my crappy student housing bedroom that I couldn’t wait to leave behind. But our bedroom.

It’s not perfect yet. We’re not sure what our style is. But isn’t figuring out who you are as a couple most of the fun of being with someone?

“Holy hell, Vicious. There are so many things to smile about today.”

His shirt comes over his head. He unbuckles his belt and drops his pants. Then he climbs into bed next to me, already kissing me as he reaches for the light on the nightstand.

“Let’s see,” he says, whispering into my mouth. “I’ve got you.” He kisses me. “I’ve got Vivi.” He kisses me again. “I’ve got two hundred acres, a barn, a greenhouse, an extra day off a week, the general’s little side job… what else?” He kisses me between each of these examples, but then pauses to see if I’ll answer. “Am I missing anything?”

This is when I realize he knows. But I play along anyway. “I dunno. Are you missing anything?”

“Mm.” He kisses me again, his hand sliding up my thigh. But it doesn’t stop there. And it doesn’t wander between my legs, either. His hand comes to rest on my belly. “What am I missing, Daisy?”

“We’re gonna need another V name, Vicious.”

“I knew it! Fuck yeah.” He leans over and kisses my stomach. “This time,” he says, getting serious and looking me in the eye, “I’m gonna do it right, Daisy.”

“No,” I say, shaking my head. “We’re gonna do it right. Everything about this baby will be different. Not better,” I add quickly. “Because I do not regret the six years I had with Vivian all to myself. Things work out the way they’re supposed to. I really believe that.”

“But this time we’ll go on this journey together,” Vic says, nodding his agreement. “And I’m not going to miss a single moment.”

I get a little lost in our moment as I picture everything that’s coming our way.

The new house and baby are just the beginning.

Our moments are just getting started.

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