12 Days At Silver Bells House (22 page)

‘I am, aren't I?' he said with a slow comforting smile.

She clung on tighter still, her arms wound around his neck, her smile hurting. ‘So. Decision made. I love you.'

He bent his head and kissed her cheek. ‘I knew you did.'

‘Before I did?'

‘Yeah. You talk in your sleep. You say my name. You say it softly. And when you look at me, your eyes spill softness all over me.'

Jamie
,
Jamie
. Hold me tight. Don't let me go.

‘You say my name as though you're trying to catch something through a flurrying wind,' he said. ‘As though you want to hold on to that something.'

‘I never thought I'd find it, let alone catch it.'

‘I love you, Kate.'

‘I love you too, Jamie. I feel part of something bigger just standing next to you.' She turned her head to look over her shoulder, down Main Street. ‘Look at this. It's wonderful. It's joyful, and I want to be townsperson number ninety. Do you think they'll let me?'

‘They will if you start paying up your fifty cents a week.'

Kate smiled at him, love glowing within her.' We can make this work, can't we?'

He nodded. ‘Yes. We can.'

‘We can live here. We can travel together. I'll go wherever you go.'

‘You can work from wherever we go. And I'll be with you when you need to go to London, or Paris, or New York. And we'll always call Silver Bells House home.'

‘Always,' Kate affirmed. ‘I want to be at your side for the next sixty years. Until we find everything that makes us happy.' Together. Whatever. Always together. ‘I want to live my life with you. Every second.'

He pulled her in so tight to his chest, Kate lost her breath and her heartbeat bumped with his.

‘Okay, Katie,' he said softly. ‘Let's go build our dream.'

 

 

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