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“Nope. I’m just really happy. Moving here was the best thing that’s ever happened to me.”

“I’m so glad, Honey.”

When she lay down, she smiled when she thought of their evening. Josiah and Jace were quickly forming a tight bond. She was able to spend time with Josiah and was happy to see that he was an amazing man and father.

There was still a little ache in her heart. She had always told herself that she should be happy because she had a little piece of Josiah in her heart because of Jace. Now, it just wasn’t enough. She wanted the man.

6

Josiah

Josiah grabbed a soda from the fridge and sauntered outside to sit on the back deck. Spending the evening with Jace and Zahra created a warm feeling inside of him that he hadn’t ever felt before. Grilling the hamburgers while Jace had watched and asked a million questions as though he was planning on being the next grill master was fun.

He had also got a kick out of how competitive Jace got when playing cards. The boy wasn’t a bad sport, but he also wasn’t going to give up until he won. Josiah was positive that they would have been playing cards until the crack of dawn until Jace won the majority of the games. Luckily, he won the next two. Josiah hadn’t just let him win, either. He was a firm believer in making someone earn the “trophy” so to speak.

Zahra hadn’t talked much. She mostly observed the interactions between Jace and Josiah. He must have done a good job with Jace, but Zahra had a permanent smile.

It was obvious that she was still the sweet, intelligent woman she had been eleven years ago. He grinned. Now, she was a very independent, stubborn woman who absolutely knew her own mind.

“I guess she had to be in order to survive in a brand-new place and be a single mother all these years.”

Josiah admitted to himself that he admired her a lot. Not only was Zahra a strong woman, like Isobel, but she was also like his own mom.

That thought stopped him dead in his tracks, and he smacked his forehead with his palm.

“Mom and Dad don’t know about Jace. I completely forgot all about them because of everything that is going on. Mom is going to kill me, and Dad is going to sell popcorn and tickets for the event.”

He checked his watch and decided that it was too late. It was nine in New Mexico, which meant that it was eleven in Florida, where his parents were vacationing.

The moon was full and the clear sky was full of twinkling bright stars that promised a bright future. In the distance, from the direction of the mountain, he heard the howl from a pure wolf who was howling at the moon, either to call his friends or to signal a hunt.

He had read that it was a myth that the animals howled at the moon. Since they were nocturnal animals, it only made sense that they would call out at night. They raised their heads when they howled because the sound carried farther. However, he had felt his inner wolf being pulled by the moon, so he would stick with the old legends.

Zahra’s scent wafted around him when he went to bed that night. Her image popped into his mind, and he wondered what it would be like to hold her once again. He fell asleep thinking of her.

Josiah called his mom and dad after breakfast the next morning. He needed coffee before he could handle his mom.

“How’s the vacation going?”

“It’s wonderful. We’re staying in St. Augustine, which is the oldest city in the United States. Yesterday we visited the Castillo de San Marcos, and today we’re heading to St. Augustine Lighthouse and Maritime Museum. Your father is dying to go to the alligator farm.”

“He’s not going to wrestle those things, is he?”

“No. I don’t think they allow that. I won’t let him sneak out of the hotel room to go to the swamp at night, either.”

“You might have to chain him to the bed.” Josiah laughed.

“Maybe. So, what’s up? This is the first time you’ve called us since we’ve been here.”

“Well, I’m not sure how to tell you this softly, so I’ll just tell you that you have a ten-year-old grandson named Jace.”

“What?” Nevaeh screeched.

“Is Dad there? You can put the phone on speaker so I don’t have to explain everything twice.”

“Logan, come here. Josiah says that we have a grandkid.”

“What’s up, Son?”

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