Page 71 of Perfectly Complicated
Janie looks at me, puzzled. “Many?”
“I hope so.”
As we climb out of the sleigh, I catch sight of Nick one more time as he walks away—his face looking like a man who just lost everything.
But I don’t feel triumphant. I just feel grateful. His lossbecame my gain. His inability to see what he had means I get the best gift ever:my two girls.
That thought nearly stops me in my tracks.When did I start thinking of them as mine?
I already know: the moment I started falling for them both. Somewhere between Janie’s first skate and Aria’s first smile, they became mine in my heart.
Not legally, not officially, but in every way that counts.
TWENTY
Crushers Text Thread
Brendan
Did anyone else see the Instagram story from Henderson Tree Farm yesterday?
Jaxon
The one with Riley chopping down a tree? Yeah, we ALL saw it.
Brax
Rourke looked like he stepped out of a Brawny paper towel ad.
Miles
Send screenshots. I missed it.
Brendan
Your boy was out there auditioning for a Hallmark movie. Maybe I need to give the team a weight routine that includes lumberjack training.
Tate
This is the same man who called Christmas “commercialism at its finest” three weeks ago.
Rourke
How is everyone seeing this?
Leo
Because your roomie posted it to her story.
Brendan
She tagged you as “hot lumberjack in the wild”
Rourke
NO
Brendan
