Double Daddy Trouble
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“Does that mean you will bring more cupcakes and doughnuts with you?”
I leaned down to my little girl and nudged her forehead with mine.
“You bet.”
I heard Julie tisk on the other side.
Fifteen
I turned to the sound of Emma sneezing.
“You okay over there?” I said as I made my way over to her.
She was holding a large bouquet of flowers in her hands.
“I don’t like these,” she said rubbing her little nose.
I laughed and took the floors out of her hand and set them on the table. I bent down in front of her an helped tie the back bow of her pretty white and pink dress.
“Well I was going to put one of these in your hair,” I said holding the small bunch of rose peach colored sweet peas in my hand. “I better not though. I would want you sneezing the whole way down the aisle.”
“Do you think you could help me though?” I asked handing Emma my white vail.
She had loved playing with it all morning long as I slipped into my white dress. I bent down so that she could place the clear comb into my hair.
“Do I look okay?” I asked as I stood before Emma.
“You look like a princess, Mommy," Emma encouraged with an angelic smile.
“So do you,” I said taking her hand.
I don’t think I ever felt as much joy as the moment I walked down the aisle. Emma was in front of me delicately dropping one rose petal at a time. Just beyond her stood the man of my dreams; the man that would be mine for the rest of our lives.
Hawk looked so dashing in his tailored suit with his close-cut beard and slicked back black hair. It nearly took my breath away.
“Hi, Daddy," Emma called much to the amusement of the small crowd.
"Hi, honey,” he said giving his little girl a wink.
Emma dropped her last petal and went to stand next to Savannah, my maid of honor.
It was like a dream as I came to stand before Hawk. I couldn’t seem to tare my gaze away from the joy that seemed to glow out of his green eyes.
We each spoke the vows we had written, and before I knew it, he was kissing me for the first time as his wife. Amid the cheers, he reached down and picked up Emma. Holding Emma with one arm and taking my hand with the other, we walked down the aisle and into our new life as a whole family.
Double Mountain Trouble
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One
Lee
The snow crunched under Lee’s heavy boots. He pulled the last bag from the back of his SUV. The cold air filled his lungs. It was going to be a long ninety days, but he needed it. He glanced up at the cabin in front of him.