Page 76 of True Valor
“No, you didn’t.”Julie laid her cheekagainst his arm.“Seems like you’d remember that,” she added,teasing.
He was quiet for a long moment.She felt badabout teasing him.
“What was your answer?”
“What was the question?”She laughed.
He squeezed her tight.“Something about usgetting married, I think.”
“And never was there a more romanticproposal.”
“What was the answer?”
“Something like yes, I think.”
Nic leaned down and kissed her cheek,trailing his lips down her neck.
When he spoke, his voice was intense.“I’llquit the team if you want to keep your job.”
Wow.What that must have taken!He waswilling to put Batman away in order to be with her.But withoutBatman, Nic wouldn’t be Nic, would he?
“I can probably find something to do inMerced,” she said.
Tension drained from his arms.
“But,” his arms tightened again at thebut, “I’m not living in the cul-de-sac.”
Nic laughed and kissed the top of herhead.
As the sun set behind the chapel of rocks,Nic smiled.He was so bushed he could barely form thoughts.Hewanted to talk about their future.He couldn’t wait to bring theirchildren here, to teach them to climb, to swim.
Maybe even to fish.
Joey would like that.
Shrugging, he pushed to his feet and held hishand out for hers.
Their future could start in the morning.
