and trying my damnedest to make a mother out of you.”
She laughed. “I look forward to it.”
“Did you remember to lock your door and set the alarm?”
“Yes.”
“And are you smiling now?”
She was. He always made her smile. “Yes.”
“Good. I might be able to sleep tonight.”
She sighed, thinking ahead to spending the next ten nights alone in her bed. “I miss you already.”
“I miss you too. Call me before you go to bed.”
“I will.”
They said their I-love-yous and their goodbyes, and she hung up. She cradled the phone against her chest and smiled to herself. It wouldn’t be long before he came home and took her back to paradise. And they wouldn’t even have to leave her bed to find it together.
Epilogue
One month later...
Myrna could barely see the screen of her phone through her happy tears as she typed in a text to her husband.
The rabbit died.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I’d like to thank Wendy Christy and Cyndi McGowen for continuing to do such an excellent job of beta reading for me. I’d also like to thank the amazing Beth Hill for her fabulous editing work. And I can’t forget my devoted fans, who will hopefully continue to read my books as I attempt to juggle writing and publishing books in three different series. I love you all!