Waking the Beast(70)

“I don’t have a lot to offer you, Abby. I have no idea what tomorrow will bring or the day after that. I can’t promise you happily ever after.”

“What are you talking about?”

“I can promise that I’ll love you every day for the rest of my life. I’ll do my best to take care of you and any children we’re blessed with.”#p#分页标题#e#

“Tah?” Abby felt her heart catch in her throat as she rose up on her elbow to meet Tah’s gaze.

“Marry me, Abby?”

She swallowed and felt her eyes fill with tears, even as she began nodding. The word was stuck in her throat as emotion choked her.

“Is that a yes?”

“Yes,” she finally managed to whisper.

“I love you, Abby. You’re my whole world.”

“I love you, Tah. I’ve always loved you.”

He wrapped his arms around her and held her close.

That night she had the dream again, where she walked in the woods. Sometimes the lion walked by her, and sometimes she held the hand of little boy who looked like a miniature of his father. Only this time, when the man stepped out of the trees toward her, she could tell it was Tah. He was no longer a dream of what might be. He was real, and he was hers, all hers.