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Chapter 26

Epilogue part 2

"Is this where the Juliet Secretaries work?" a male voice inquired.

I looked up and found a man and a woman standing in the doorway. They were casually dressed. The man wore jeans and a t-shirt, the woman khaki shorts and a halter top sporting Yoda on it. His dark skin and hair was the opposite of her light skin and red hair. Isabella, who was also sitting at the desk reading a letter when they walked in, looked up as well.

"Yes," she answered. "My name is Isabella can I help you?"

"We are looking for the person who answered my letter," the woman told her while glancing between the both of us. Isabella took the letter she was holding and scanned it. "This doesn't seem familiar but maybe Sophie here wrote it." She handed me the letter and I started reading…

Dear Kim,

It's natural to not want to feel rejection from anyone, especially one we have a crush on. My advice would be to just talk to him. You never know. He might be shy or unsure about talking to you or asking you out as well. I only know what you've told me but his lack of interest in other women is probably a positive indicator. Who knows if you watch him when he's not looking maybe he does the same? So just talk to him. It might lead to a happy ending.

Sincerely, Juliet

I saw that they were all watching me. "I wrote this letter."

Kim and her companion both smiled at this. "I'm so happy to hear that. I'm Kim Stewart and this is my husband Cole Stewart. Cole kissed her cheek when she finished speaking.

"Congratulations!" both Isabella and I told the couple.

"Thanks," Kim answered looking sweetly at Cole before returning her gaze to me.

"I'm Sophie," I told them.

"It's so nice to meet you! I didn't know if we'd get to! Cole thought that there was a good chance."

He leaned in and kissed her. "I'm glad that I was right."

"How long have you been married?" Isabella inquired.

"Two months," Kim answered. "But we haven't had the chance to go on our honeymoon until now."

"And she wanted to come to Italy," Cole interjected.

"Well, Italy is beautiful and I always wanted to come here. I also wanted to meet the woman who gave me the push I needed to talk to one man who's made me the happiest woman in the world."

"All I did was answer your letter," I intoned.

"I appreciated your bluntness."

Isabella's mother, Angelina, came in before anyone could speak another word. She was cooking something that smelled delicious in the kitchen. "Everyone sit. I'll bring out something to eat. I made shrimp and linguine."

"I'm allergic to shrimp," Kim told her regrettably.

"Don't worry. I'll just fix you up some linguine without the shrimp."

"Oh you don't have to go through that trouble."

"No trouble," Angelina said bustling back in the kitchen before Kim could say anything else.

Since Isabella was acting as hostess, I let her direct Kim and Cole to some chairs as I cleaned their spot from the detritus on the table. After they sat Isabella and I followed suit. Several minutes later, Angelina came in with plates of food and placed them in front of us. She left but soon returned with glasses and a bottle of wine. "White okay with everyone?" We all nodded and she filled our glasses. "Join us," Cole told her. I could tell that she wanted to say no but after some prodding by Kim she acquiesced.

"So how'd you two meet?" Isabella inquired. She had not read Kim's letter so she knew nothing about them. Neither did Angelina.

"We met at the restaurant where we work," Kim answered. "I'm the hostess and he's the bartender."

"Where's the restaurant?" I asked curious.

"Not far from Duke University in North Carolina," she stated.

"Ah so you're American like our dear Sophie." This from Angelina.

"Where are you from?" Cole inquired.

"New York City."

We started eating talking a little about the states and how different Italy was. We quickly moved onto when Kim first approached Cole.

"I was so nervous. I probably seemed like a bumbling idiot."

"You were adorable," Cole interjected kissing her temple.

She rolled her eyes playfully. "I wasn't. Not really. We were the last to leave one night like two weeks after I had received your letter and from somewhere deep inside I heard a voice say 'go for it ' so I did. "

"When I saw her coming over she seemed like she was talking to herself. I didn't know what to think but when she stopped in front of me and said my name her voice was a mere whisper. I don't know how she managed to get the words out but she told me about a Star Wars movie marathon at a local theater and asked if I wanted to attend with her."

"I honestly thought that you'd say no," Kim admitted. "But I'm glad that you didn't." She kissed him.

He looked at her adoring. "I wouldn't have said no."

I smiled at them though I was caught a little off guard at her having asked him out. I would've thought that by her letter that Cole would've been the one asking and I told them.

"I was thinking about wanting to see him outside of work and the words just slipped out," Kim admitted shrugging.

Cole placed his arm around her shoulder holding her close. "If she didn't I would have asked her out."

The way she was looking at him was enough to make anyone blush so I decided to change the subject. "Is Yoda your favorite character?"

"Yes, how do you know?" she asked looking at me.

"You're wearing a Yoda shirt sweetheart," Cole told her in a tender voice.

Her cheeks turned crimson. "Oh, yeah right."

He let out a light chuckle. "Yes, he is her favorite. She's seen Star Wars what must have been a million times."

"I happen to love Star Wars thank you very much."

Cole nuzzled her hair. "I know."

"So where were you married?" I asked.

"We had a backyard wedding," Kim answered recovering from any embarrassment she felt.

Isabella started asking questions and I couldn't help but wonder what would've happened if she hadn't written the letter. Would they have gotten together without it? But then I realized that they were here and happy. All thanks to a letter signed Sincerely, Juliet…

A/N I am so sad that this story is complete. I may do an outtake in the future but otherwise this is it. I want to thank all my readers for reading and Loki's Only Love for looking this whole thing over for me. I also want to thank Winterluna for reviewing and pointing out some things that I previously missed.