Fortress

Chapter 27

we both did the best we could do underneath the same moon, in different galaxies.

Love's never lost when perspective is earned.

I made it back home. To Brooke. Our house. Wanting to add needed clarity and talk. But seeing her now in the entryway.

The expression on her face i couldn't read. And that was rare.

"I found this." She said. Holding up the envelope with my name on it.

"You saw it in the trash. I read it and got rid of it."

"There is nothing more to talk about." Lucas replied.

"After everything that's happened why would you want anything tied to her?" Brooke questioned.

"I don't. She destroyed my life. My ability too trust my thoughts my choices. My actions."

"I'm second guessing everything. Okay. You wanted honesty."

"For me to be honest. There it is." Lucas proclaimed.

The expression on her face softened.

"You don't understand. It didn't mean for it come out that way."

"You. Our life. The kids. It's the only thing. I've gotten right."

"I don't remember myself before you. It's like my life wasn't real until you walked into it."

"I need you. More then you need you me." Lucas admitted. The emotion in his voice thick.

Brooke realized she was jumping to conclusions.

The letter meant nothing to him. She went into the hallway bathroom. Threw it into the bathroom.

Washed and dried her hands then reached out to him.

He scooped her in his arms. Their eyes locked on each other.

"I need you too Lucas." "I know what healthy unconditional love is because of you." Brooke confessed.

"Don't give up on me. I'm trying."

"I want us to start over." Lucas replied.

"I'm not going anywhere." Brooke said.

Lucas leaned over kissing her.

Brooke kissed him back.

He looked at her. Only then seeing she was wearing his shirt.

"You look good in my clothes. Then again you look amazing in anything you wear."

"First thing in the morning. In nothing at all."

"You changed my life. The best thing that's ever happened to me." Lucas stated matter of fact.

Brooke nodded her head in agreement.

He was finding his way back to her. And that was all she needed to see.

Months Later

Callum 17. Lennon 12. And Beatrice 10.

The couple went on to buy a beach house of their own.

And winters were spent in southern France.

The couple and family as a whole was healing.

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