After the ceremony, Norma turned to Alex. "Where should we go now?"

"Wherever you want, Mrs. Romero, " he answered, smiling.

"Ooh, you have no idea how happy it makes me to hear you say that. Can we go into the village in town? I hear there's this great little antique shop there."

"Sure, if that's what you want."

With that, they headed to the shop.

"Oh, Alex, look, wouldn't these curtains look good in the motel lobby?"

Alex chuckled. He personally didn't know the first thing about design, but as he was looking at the royal blue curtains, he realized they made Norma happy, so he said, "Sure, go ahead. We'll hang them when we get back."

Norma smiled and grabbed them."Let's see what else is here," she said as she picked through the aisles. "Look at the patina on these sconces."

"Don't all the rooms have sconces?"

"Yeah, but these look more vintage."

He smiled. "Whatever floats your boat, Norma," he said, chuckling.

She slapped him playfully. "Don't make fun of me."

"I'm not. I'm just watching and waiting."

"Ooh, vinyl records."

He smiled. She looked like a kid in a candy store, and he wouldn't have it any other way. All he wanted was for her to be happy and feel safe, and right now, it seemed that she very much did, so he felt he was doing right by her. He hoped all of her days were as peaceful as this one had been.

Meanwhile, back in White Pine Bay, Dylan had returned from his business trip and was at the park with Katie while Emma cleaned the house and cooked for a dinner party they were hosting that weekend.

"Daddy?"

"Yeah, Princess?"

"Will you tale me on the slide, please?"

Dylan nodded. "Sure, Baby." They went over to the slide.

Katie looked up nervously. "Will you come up with me?" she asked.

"Yeah, I will."

"Carry me?"

"Okay, I'll carry you." He scooped her up. "Hold on tight."

As he started to climb, Katie got nervous. "Daddy, I don't wanna fall!" she cried out. "Don't let me fall!"

Dylan smiled. "I've got you, Katie-Bell," he whispered. "You;re not gonna fall."

They got to the top, and Katie got scared again "It's high. I wanna get down."

"We'll go down together," Dylan said. "Here, let me show you." He put her on his lap. "Ready?"

"You got me?"

"Yeah, I've got you."

"Let's go."

He let go of the bar at the top, and they went sailing down, Katie squealing in excitement.

"Again, Daddy!" she squealed, clapping, "Again!"

Dylan smiled and carried her back up. He'd do this 15 million times just to see that level of excitement on her face again.

A/N: 20 chapters! Can you believe we've made it this far, you guys? That's wild! Anyway, I hope you're enjoying it. Thanks so much for reading, and I can't wait to hear what you thought. See you soon for the next one!