Chapter 104 - Nana (1/2)

Bloody hell.

Dane had forgotten about his lynx and dear wife waiting at home. At the moment when he saw Jake, everything in front of him had blurred. The only thing he could see was his objective. In the end, he was left with more questions unanswered. He gripped his father's personal notebook into his hand as he trudged along the steps to home.

The door swung open before even Dane could process what was going on. He didn't have to. Bailey processed it for him as she glared at him with mouth pursed and hands on her hips.

”A man does not make a lady wait. You took so long she fell asleep on the couch and...”

Bailey's words were muffled by sight that forced him to really look at her. He quietly listened to her.

She stood there lecturing him, with a floral long sleeve dress that fell to her ankles. Looking at her, she really did conjure up old memories at Cranbury and the Iron Horse. Ever since gifting Bailey with the Iron Horse in the heart of Jersey and busying himself with his new lovely wife, Dane hadn't actually had the chance to talk to her.

This was the first time in a while that they had the chance to talk like this, one on one. Dane's grip on his father's notebook tightened. What if one day like his father, mother, and grandfather...Bailey was cursed to die without a second chance at goodbye? He always pushed her away but this time, Dane wanted to make things right before it was too late.

He wanted to shed vows before it would all be too late.

”....So next time, at least send your poor wife a call or a text if you're going to be this—”

Dane stepped in and gathered Bailey into a sweet embrace. The stars shone down on them just like they finally crashed right where they belonged in the night sky. He took a deep shattering breath before vowing to Bailey.

”Nana, I love you.”

”...Dane, what...”

Teardrops began to fall and stain his shirt. He looked down and tenderly tipped up her face to watch as her eyes were blurred with tears. They kept falling as Bailey shook her head in disbelief, almost like not believing he had spoken such truths.

”Nana, I love you!” he repeated with a warm laugh, clutching both the notebook and her tight.

She clutched him tight in return, like savoring the moment to the fullest.

”...Dane, I-I love you too!”

When they parted, Bailey grew flustered and began rubbing the tears completely away from her face. She had to turn around so Dane couldn't witness any more of her embarrassment.

”G-Geez, warn your old Nana before you go and do something sweet like this. I really will have a heart attack, you know,” she began laughing through her tears, then turned jokingly serious. ”What's gotten into you? What did you do to my grandson?”

”I don't want to have any more regrets. Nana if you were ever to leave this world, I...”

She smiled and grasped Dane's hand into hers. ”I'll only leave until after you give me some grandkids. You're both madly in love! What's the hold up?”

Children?