Page 94 of Love Me In Color

I assessed the mess in the garage. Brown cardboard boxes, half still closed and half perfectly broken down. The black shelving was already assembled, and Parker’s tools were hanging on the wall.

“Let me change, and I’ll help you,” I pulled away from him and walked into our home.

I was greeted by an intense lemon smell spreading throughout the living room. Parker had cleaned the entire main area of the house. The white marble counter was short of sparkling, and all of the appliances that previously crowded the counter were neatly put away in the walk-in pantry.

“I think we did good,” Parker threw his arm around me and kissed my head.

“I agree,” I smiled at the mostly empty house. “We still need a couch big enough for the living room, though.”

After I moved down, I moved in with Parker. He had a small, one-bedroom apartment downtown, making learning the city easier. I was moving states for him, so why not go all the way and just move in together?

Six months later, he proposed. I screamed yes. Four months later, we bought a house.

With the growth of Truly You, Parker had been knee-deep in paperwork and reviewing all of their contracts. He had also reviewed every word of our house-buying paperwork. He worked a lot, but we kept our promise to enjoy life.

On the Capital Media side, Lainee was the sole manager for the Truly You contract while she trained as the southern regional manager. I stepped away from managing their contract almost completely, except for the general updates I received from my team.

I walked out to the backyard and looked at the land I now called home. We had enough room for a pool and had planned to start building one after we had furnished the house. Parker walked out behind me.

“Honesty moment?” he looked into my watery eyes and pulled me in. I got on my toes and pressed my lips to his.

“I’m really glad I chose the bad locker at the gym.”