Page 105 of Play of Love
“Gage, do you plan to retire anytime soon?” I asked.
Gage shook his head. “No old man. You?”
“Not yet.” I thought maybe in another two or ten years. Then I’d coach. “Well we can tell ESPN to go fu –”
“Language Josh.” Amy chided coming up behind me. I didn’t know how but she always caught me mid swear.
I smiled when I saw her. “Princess, I was going to say fill. They can go fill themselves with something.” I chuckled.
“You are so silly.” She giggled.
“Ready to go?” I beamed up at her.
“We haven’t had dinner yet.” She laughed. Evie did too and took her place next to Gage. They were all used to me by now.
“Baby, it’s roast chicken. We already know what that taste like.” I wanted her all to myself. The same way I wanted her every day.
“How about we dance? I love this song.” She nodded.
It was a smooth jazz melody that reminded me of something from the forties.
I nodded and stood up. At least I would get to hold her.
She took my hand and we moved to the floor, joining the other couples.
She rested her head on my chest and I immediately I got absorbed in her essence.
Amy looked up at me and smiled, slipping her hands around my neck.
“Thank you.” She beamed.
“What could you be thanking me for?” I lowered and pressed my head to hers.
“Everything.” She wore heels but still stood on the tips of her toes to brush her lips over mine. “Everything, Josh. Look at us. We have so much. All our dreams rolled into one. We have each other, and we have our Clarissa.”
Her voice echoed the emotions that flowed through my soul.
“That really is everything.”
They were all what made me, me. They all saved me, completed me, made me whole.
Amy, Clarissa, our family, our friends, our dreams.
They were all pieces of me.
Pieces that formed the shape of my heart.
They were my forever.
