Total pages in book: 131
Estimated words: 131387 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 657(@200wpm)___ 526(@250wpm)___ 438(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 131387 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 657(@200wpm)___ 526(@250wpm)___ 438(@300wpm)
“Okay.” I agreed. “I was thinking, I’ve been bounced around to places all my life where I didn’t want to be. No shade on Orlando, but I didn’t even pick that. My work did. And I was thinking, tonight, for the first time, I was finally coming home. And yes, home is our animals, and home will always be you, but it means something to me that home, for me, will be a place. This place. A place where I’ll always be, beside you, and when I die first at one hundred and seven—”
“You aren’t goin’ before me.”
I ignored his interruption and carried on.
“I’ll do it being okay with it. Because you’ll be here. And no matter what, I’ll always be here with you.”
For a second, Hutch didn’t move.
Then he did, rolling into me and taking my mouth.
Vaguely, I heard Tonks yodel for no reason.
And Hannibal groan as he settled in.
The fire crackling.
Off in the distance what I didn’t hear was an owl hooting.
And some white-tailed deer crunching through the snow.
This all happened because all was as it should be on Hutch’s and my patch.
And no matter what…
It always would be.
The End