thank you to her grampy and leaned back into Dallas. “I vote
for that option too.”
Epilogue
Dallas
“Here? Or what about there? Or over there?”
Dallas laughed at the image Quinn made with her arms
wrapped around a giant blue Christmas tree. It was
undecorated so far. That was the only thing that could have
made it better.
It was their first Christmas in their house. Dallas had
rented out her place, then eventually sold it. She lived in an
apartment at first in Topeka, then after six months, she moved
in with Quinn. After two years, they decided that the condo
was on the small side and they’d purchased their first house
together. It wasn’t new. It was actually a fixer upper, but with
Quinn’s family helping again, they managed to do the
renovations it needed in just a couple months.
“What about here?” Quinn shifted to the right a few feet.
The living room was huge and had lots of great potential spots
to put the tree. “Or there?” Quinn pointed to a spot to the left
of the bay window that overlooked the front yard.
“I don’t know. Honestly, I think where you are standing is
the best. The cats might knock it down if we don’t tether it to
the wall, and that seems like the best spot.”
“You’re right. The cats. I forgot.”
Dallas had brought her cat, Whiskers, with her when she
moved, and they’d also adopted two kittens, an orange and
white brother and sister pair, when they bought the house.
With three cats, and two that were still young and
rambunctious, it was probably best to plan ahead for potential