With award season behind me, and our elopement announced, I could focus on my pregnancy and being Avajean’s mom. We had a summer ahead of us that would take us to the East Coast as much as Asher wanted to be in his office. I was taking at least a year off for this new phase of my life. As reigning best actress, I could afford that luxury. I was going to take advantage of it.
We still hadn’t decided on a permanent home base. I still joked that Kansas was the happy middle. I knew we would land in the right place to raise our family. We would know it when it happened. And if I knew anything about my husband, it would be the safest and most secure house to ever be constructed.
That morning, we stayed in bed as the sun started to peek over the horizon. There was plenty of time to get up and go for a run before collecting Avajean. Asher’s empire could wait. The Journey Tessier world wouldn’t fall apart.
Right now, we were home. We were a family.
And nothing else mattered.
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