I watch her go, amazed that she's still here with us, and wipe a tear from my eye. A hand lands on my shoulder and he gives me a quick squeeze.
"I know, babe. I know," Jase says quietly, giving me a quick hug from behind, before popping in to kiss Dallas on the forehead goodnight. I watch as he gazes down at her with so much love shining in his eyes.
East coughs behind me and I turn his way. He nods his head towards the kitchen and I follow behind him. He grabs some beers from the fridge, then moves to the back door, not stopping on the porch. He must really want to talk if he’s heading down the beach to the small dock we have.
I take a seat and lie back, thanking him for the beer. He takes the spot next to me and we cheers.
“So what's on your mind, brother?” I ask him and he groans. He hates when I call him brother because Xav constantly jokes about us being brother husbands.
“Whiskey Kiss has decided they want to try movies. Someone has offered to make a movie out of their life stories. Yours and Cara’s included.” I think it over and shrug. Doesn’t sound too bad to me.
“Okay, I’m not seeing the big issue here.”
He rubs his face and then looks me in the eye. “They want Dolly on the project too.”
I choke on my beer and shake my head. “Fuck that. I never want to see that scheming rapist again.” Not long after Dallas was born, Dolly tried to blackmail us with some unseen footage of my famous sex tape. Turned out she had drugged me and was behind it all. We took her to court and she was left penniless. She’s lucky she’s not rotting in jail like Ron.
“I know and that’s what I told them… but just keep it in mind okay?”
I nod then stand from the chair. “You coming?”
He shakes his head and pulls his phone out of his pocket. “I have some calls to make. I’ll be in in a bit.”
I give him a fist bump then head back to the house. My girl is home and my guys are waiting for me in bed. I laugh and shake my head. It still seems so surreal. I once met a little girl on my birthday picking daisies, who knew our life would end up here.
With all the trials and tribulations we had to overcome, I never saw my life ending this way. Married to the love of my life, my best friend, my soulmate, my stepsister, and her other five husbands—ones I happen to love as well—but I couldn't picture it any other way. Me, a rock star, a playboy, now a father, and teaching music to autistic children. A PTSD survivor, now an advocate for abused children. A complete asshole, now the manager of Whiskey Kiss. Jase became a children’s therapist, helping Lay with the kids he sees. And two boys I taught to throw a touchdown, now own a PR company and specialize in revenge social media repair. Connor played in the NFL for a few years until he missed being away from home too much. Xav kept up with the fraternity shit until Cara had a fit about all the parties, then he switched his major to business and really thrived. I’m proud of them. All of them have really grown up, stepped up where things mattered and become some of my best friends.
Life changed us for the better and yeah times were hard. Some days we thought we would give up, but we are fighters and our love overcomes everything. One girl saved us all and our lives have been forever changed.
The End