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"Where are we heading, firecracker?" I asked, swinging the keys around on my finger.

She held her hand out. "Hand them over."

"You're not driving my car."

"Watch me," she countered.

I laughed, knowing which buttons to push, and tossed her the keys. We piled into the Jeep, and she drove me to the north side of town. I couldn't figure out where we were headed until she actually pulled into the parking lot.

"You're kidding," I said with a look of disbelief.

"It'll be fun!"

I stared up at the sign for miniature golf and burst out laughing. "You are so ridiculous."

"Yeah, you love it."

"True."

When we walked into the outdoor putt-putt course, I acted as surprised as I'd promised I would be. My entire family was there, waiting for us. Jensen and Emery were bent over, talking to Colton. Austin and Patrick were trying to figure out how to juggle the golf balls. Morgan was shaking her head at the pair of them and talking animatedly to Julia. Sutton was chasing after a two-year-old Jason, who was toddling along ahead of her.

Heidi cleared her throat, and they all turned to look at us. "We made it!"

Everyone cheered and congratulated me on my first tournament back, and it was truly amazing to have my wacky, damaged, incredible family all in one place. Then, as the excitement wore off, everyone moved to pick up their equipment.

"I'm blue!" Morgan called.

"I call hot pink!" Patrick said in a pretty good imitation of Morgan's voice.

She slapped him on the arm. Hard.

"This putter is way too short," Jensen said, holding up a crappy putter. He shrugged, taking it with him anyway.

"I'm going first!" Colton yelled.

Heidi and I moved up to the putt-putt station last. I claimed a mustard-yellow ball that no one else had wanted, and she grabbed a magenta-colored one.

"You do realize, I'm going to win, right?" I asked with a cocky grin.

Heidi rolled her eyes. "No way. I am kick-ass at mini golf."

"This is my job, firecracker." 

"Well, listen here. I'm very competitive."

I laughed and kissed her. "We'll see."

"No, you'll see!"

When I lined up my first shot, Heidi leaned in behind me and kept trying to sneak in kisses.

"Distraction is not working."

"Oh, yeah?" she asked.

Her head darted back and forth, and as I was about to putt, she lifted her shirt and flashed me. I whiffed, knocking the ball down the green without a single ounce of precision.

"Told you."

I smacked her ass with my putter as I passed to try to finish the horrible job I'd done. "You'll pay for that later."

"Promise?"

"Yeah," I said as I sank my second putt. "You can put me down for a birdie, love."

She wrote down my score and then wrapped her arms around my waist. "Love?" she whispered.

"Hmm?"

"I think I'm ready."

"I hope so. It's your turn."

"For a baby," she whispered.

I froze and stared down into her face. She was suddenly serious, even with her cute, scared smile. But I couldn't stop my giant smile.

This was what I'd wanted for so long. A life and a family with the girl of my dreams, and here she was, offering it on a platter.

"Think we should get married first, or do you want to start here?"

"Not right here." She laughed. "I was thinking we'd get married the weekend after the Championship."

"That's six weeks away," I reminded her.

"Guess we have some planning to do then, huh?"

"I guess we do. And you're sure about this?"

She stood on her tiptoes and gently kissed me. "I've never been surer of anything in my life."

"What about your dad?"

She shook her head. "I love him, but I won't put my life on hold for him. He understands. I talked to him about it. I want to be with you. I want to be your wife and have your children. I'm ready."

I picked her up and swung her around in a circle. Our game forgotten. Everything else falling away. Just me and the woman I loved with the entire world ahead of us, ready for the taking.





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