Medicine Man (Page 83)

“Like what?”

He presses his palm over my stomach. “Like I’m a hero or something.”

“But you are a hero,” I say, bringing my hand over his and threading our fingers together. “You’re my hero. And Fallon’s. And you’ll be his hero, too, when he comes.”

“It’s a him, then.”

“You know it.”

He chuckles, and I go up on my tiptoes to kiss him.

When his lips are moving over me like this, with love and passion and promise, I’m not afraid of the future, of what’s to come.

I’m happy. Excited.

In fact, I’m excited about this party, too.

In a little while, our house will be full of people I love. I’ll get to see Renn and Tristan after a long time. They travel a lot because of Tristan’s paintings, so sometimes it’s hard to get ahold of them. I hope they’ll finally decide to get married this year. I can’t wait to be her maid of honor. Matron of honor. Whatever.

 I’ll see Violet with her husband, Graham. I’m especially excited about that because I just love how they met. Every time we see each other, I make Vi tell it to me, right from the beginning. They’re such an unlikely pair. Vi with her ex-fiancé’s super-hot dad. I love how Renn gets all hot and bothered whenever Graham, the silver fox, walks into a room. Tristan hates that.

Even Penny isn’t immune to Graham. Not that she’s interested in dating anyone because she’s busy with her residency. Maybe tonight, along with Renn and Vi, I’ll change her mind.

Not to mention, maybe Dr. Martin will finally convince Simon to come work at Heartstone again. I know one of these days, Simon will break and go back to the job he really loves.

So yeah, life is full of possibilities, even for me.

A silver-haired, blue-eyed girl who takes a pill every day for an illness that can’t be cured.

Because I was born with more than blood in my veins. I was born with strength. I was born with courage to fight.

I’m a warrior.

And that’s what I’ve passed on to my daughter, as well.

That’s what I’ll pass on to every single child of mine.

Strength and courage and the ability to rise even when they fall.

THE END