Her house was full of people and laughter.
As he looked around the living room he could see several of their co-workers and some friends of hers that he didn't know. Then she caught his eye. She truly looked beautiful, wearing a pale blue dress and holding their son. Her smile was larger than life. He knew that this was the time to say something.
He walked to the middle of the room and started to speak. "I want to thank all of you for being here tonight to share in the celebration of our son's birth. Catherine and I feel so blessed to have all of you in our lives. And, I know that you all thought that this was just a party to celebrate Tony's birth but I have one more announcement to make." Lou turned towards Catherine and continued. "Yesterday I asked Catherine to marry me and believe it or not she said yes." This caused several people in the room to laugh.
Nick spoke up "Congratulations to you both. You deserve all the happiness in the world".
"Thanks." Lou replied and pulled Catherine towards him as he continued to speak "As I was saying, she said yes and this afternoon at one o'clock we were married. So I'd like to be the first to introduce all of you to my wife, Catherine Vartann."
The room exploded with a round of thunderous applause and one by one everyone came over to congratulate the happy couple. Sara seemed particularly happy that Catherine and Lou were married; a little too happy in Catherine's opinion but she let it go.
A few hours later Catherine and Lou were alone again. Tony had just gone to sleep; Catherine was lying in their bed as he walked into the room. "You missed a call" she told him as he sat down on the edge of the bed.
He picked up his phone and read the message. Lou, not sure if you would be interested but I have an opening for Chief of Police here in Pasadena and you were the first person that I thought of. Let me know if you would like to set up an interview. Thanks, Tom.
He shook his head after reading it prompting Catherine to ask him what was wrong. He handed her his phone and she read the message herself. "Wow, that is a great opportunity for you babe!"
"I don't know, Pasadena? I mean we have a baby and we just got married. I'm in my comfort zone here in Vegas and besides you have a great job as well."
"Tell you what" she replied as she moved closer to him running her hand across his muscular chest. "Let's sleep on it and talk about it tomorrow. Right now I just want you to hold me for awhile." He smiled and said "Well I can definitely do that." As he pulled her into his arms she sighed and snuggled in as close as she could get taking in the scent of him. That night she fell asleep in the arms of the man who had truly shown her how good love could be.