Part 34 (2/2)

He looped the chain up to show her the circular mother charm crafted to look like a woman holding her children, each child a jewel stone. Their three children-gems winked back a diamond, sapphire and topaz.

She touched each of the jewels with a trembling finger. ”It's perfect. You're perfect.”

Leaning over Jamie, Rena kissed J.T., a warm kiss, nothing pa.s.sionate given her recovering state, but warm was good, too. Especially when there was the promise of so much more in a few weeks.

And judging from the glint in his wife's eyes, she was already antic.i.p.ating six weeks into the future as well.

Ooh-rah.

She sagged back onto her pillows, the necklace clutched in her hand to her heart, the rose resting in her lap. ”G.o.d, it's good to be home.”

Home. Rena. Two words with the same meaning for him now.

He'd found that just as it was okay to bring darker parts of his military career into his relations.h.i.+p with Rena, into his house, he now always carried a part of her with him wherever he went. It had been a long journey across the years, across an ocean, but finally he was where he belonged.

”Yeah, babe, it sure is good to be home.”

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