Total pages in book: 58
Estimated words: 54966 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 275(@200wpm)___ 220(@250wpm)___ 183(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 54966 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 275(@200wpm)___ 220(@250wpm)___ 183(@300wpm)
“Mom! Holden! Where are you?”
Holden is all smiles. “You want to tell him?”
I reach for my future husband and wrap my hand around his. “We’ll both tell him.” We walk out of the therapy room. “We’re over here.”
Cole is walking to us, and he is all smiles. The change in him these last few months has been a sight to see. He’s so happy, I love seeing the smile on his face every day. I hold my hand up. “Cole, uh, Holden asked me if I’d marry him.”
Cole starts running toward us. “You said yeah, didn’t you, Mom? Tell me you said yes!”
Holden hugs me into his side, and I can’t help but laugh as Cole is practically jumping with excitement. “I said yes!”
He pumps his hand in the air. “Yes! Now I’ll have a dad and—”
He stops talking, and his eyes get really big. “I mean, not that you’re my dad. I just mean…”
He stops all movement and is looking at Holden like he expects him to freak out or something. Holden kisses me on the forehead and then releases me to go to Cole. He puts his hands on his shoulders. “Well, actually, when your mom and I get married, that’s exactly what that means. Technically, I’ll be your stepdad, but I thought about that, and maybe we—” He turns to look at me and gives me an apologetic look before turning back to my son. “I probably should have talked to your mom about this, but I had hoped that when your mom and I got married that your mom would let me adopt you so I could be your dad.”
Cole is stunned. “You want to be my dad?”
Holden nods his head. “Yes, I would be honored to be your dad, Cole.”
Cole bursts into tears, and so do I. I walk over to the two of them, and Holden wraps both of us up in his arms. His voice is thick with emotion. “I love you two… more than anything.”
I squeeze him tighter. “I love you, too.”
Cole buries his head into Holden’s shoulder. “I love you, Holden.”
A calm comes over me, and I soak up this feeling because I have my whole world in my arms and I feel like the luckiest woman in the world.