Page 46 of The Soft Fall

She kissed my forehead and replied, “You’re welcome, darling. I’m certain that you two won’t let that property sit empty and abandoned again for another several decades like the rest of us have done.”

“Trust me, we won’t,” Bryson vowed.

I turned to him with tears in my eyes and kissed him. He pulled me closer and deepened the kiss.

“Baby, it seems like our love was always destined to be.”

“I believe our entire journey was. And we couldn’t have gotten to where we are without two phenomenal women. Now, let’s make it all worthwhile,” he stated.

“Yes, let’s. Let’s fall into each other and in love with each other, every day for the rest of our lives,” I replied.

Our kisses were soft, our hearts were tender, and we just kept falling and falling and falling . . . in love.

The End