They’d acted because of me.
I like to remind them that they also saved Vivian, and Desmond, and Justin, not to mention the four other girls they’d found back at Mitch’s place when the FBI raided the place. But they always shrug off my reminders, mumbling and trying to act tough like they’d just done it for me, which is sweet, but I know it’s not all of it.
They’d seen wrong being done to those who couldn’t fight back, and they made the decision to step up and fight against that wrong.
…As if it was even possible for me to love them any more.
In the end, we compromised about the medals. We didn’t throw them away, we just didn’t shove them in people’s faces. Eventually, I think they all came to look at them as a different sort of reminder. They weren’t about “being heroes” or “defending the laws of their country.”
They were a reminder of the strange place where we all fell in love.
What we have isn’t normal; I get that. I also don’t care. Family is who you share a heart with in this world, and that’s exactly what we were — a family.
Gareth’s sister Elizabeth, and Zane’s little boy Cody live with us now. I’d say Foster’s grandfather lives with us too, but he only visits. The man is as stubborn as his grandson, and refuses to leave his ranch. When the madness of that day happened and we broke free of Mitch, the people Foster, Gareth, and Zane knew got to Elizabeth and Cody before Mitch’s guys could get to them. No one got to Foster’s grandfather, Eli, but no one had to.
The man dropped all four of the guys Mitch sent to kill him with a double-barrel shotgun, a hunting knife, and a cast-iron skillet.
And when I say “us,” I mean me, my men, and our two kids. Well, three in a few more weeks. Yeah, it’s a crazy sort of family, but it’s what we love, plus it’s not like we don’t have the room or the means.
In their post-heroes-medals life, my guys ended up starting up their own private securities firm, and business is booming.
It’s crazy, and nothing about it is normal, but it works, and it’s what we love. And honestly?
That’s all that matters in this world.
Love, family, and never letting the bad guys win.
…Well, that and an amazing sex life with the three hunky men I call my soulmates.
So, I’ll amend that. What matters in this world is family, never letting the bad guys win, three men to treat you like a queen, and love.
Works for me.
The End.