Carrie laughed and walked into Willow’s arms. “You know it’s not good-bye,” she said. “We’ll visit often.”
“Kids always say that,” Willow said. “You’ll get busy.” She eyed Cage.
“No,” Carrie said. “Because Cage already knows he’ll be in the doghouse if he doesn’t bring me back to see my mom often enough.”
Willow’s eyes widened at the words, and then her lips spread into a wide smile. “Darn straight. Bring back my daughter.”
They walked out to see the kids sitting on the grass, eating a picnic. Willow had brought them all over.
“I made sandwiches for you two if you want to join us. You know, before the movers finish up,” Willow said.
Carrie grinned and sat on the blanket next to Janet, and Robert crawled into her lap.
“We’ll miss you, Carrie,” Janet said.
The twins were busy checking out Cage. “You better be nice to her,” Tim said, folding his arms and abandoning his sandwich.
Cage unwrapped his and nodded. “I’ll keep that in mind.”
Thane narrowed his eyes under his reddish brows. “We’ll come get you if you don’t. You aren’t the only one who can join the army.”
“I told them about it,” Willow said. “They wanted to know how you were so strong.”
Cage grinned. “You can do whatever you want. Army is just one option. Two strong boys like you, you could even go into security.”
Carrie glared at him, but he ignored it.
“I even know someone who owns a company like that,” he said, grinning at her.
She snorted. “All right, enough dubious career advice from that sector. What you two should shoot for is college. You too, Janet.”
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The twins groaned, and Janet nodded. “They need to get their grades up.”
Mark and Jessie were just interested in their sandwiches.
Carrie put an arm around Janet’s thin shoulders. “I’ll be coming back often to check in. You let me know how things are going.”
Janet nodded. “Okay. I think it’ll be okay, though. You should just go with your hunk and not feel bad about it.”
Cage overheard that and cocked his head, and Carrie laughed. “Stop it. You’ll give him a big ego.”
“Impossible,” Willow said. “That boy already has such a big head it’s impossible to improve it.”
“How can I not?” Cage asked playfully. “I have Carrie.”
Willow threw back her head and laughed as the twins made gagging noises and the other kids looked up in confusion.
Over it all, Carrie’s eyes met Cage’s, and they shared a small grin. She took a bite of her sandwich and enjoyed the wind in her hair.
Then she felt Cage sit down beside her, and everything faded out, the way it always did when they were together.
She rested her head on his shoulder and let out a sigh.
Winter Falls or New York, or anywhere else they went—it would always be the two of them sharing it together. That was all that mattered.