A Man of Honor (19 page)

Epilogue

One year later

“School’s out for summer,” Preston said, holding out a bouquet of flowers at the door to Cat’s classroom where she’d just finished a semester of student teaching. “What are your plans?”

She took the flowers, exclaiming how beautiful they were, and brought them to her nose to sniff. “Oh, hang out with my boyfriend at his lake house. Cheer him on at the Kingston Shoes Annual 5K tomorrow morning.”

“That’s boring. Let’s do something a little different this summer.” He stood in front of her with something behind his back. “Close your eyes.” He tried his best to act casual, but his heart was racing like a Derby horse.

“What, no guitars this year? No choruses of children singing their versions of rock classics? No relatives hiding behind the door?”

“Not this year. Just a simple box.”

Her eyes instantly teared up. “Oh, Preston.”

He was quick to say, “It’s not what you think. Open it.”

She opened it to find a tiny ceramic box, with a tiny hinge. On top of the box sat a rooster, a chicken, and three baby chicks. She opened it to find a diamond ring. He didn’t think she saw much of the special ring he’d had custom-made just for her because her eyes had completely misted over, and her mouth dropped open in shock.

Preston dropped to his knee. Okay, it was his good knee, but his not-so-good knee was working pretty darn well after a year of intensive rehab. “I’ll love you forever. Marry me, Cat.”

She bent to touch his face and look into his eyes. “Yes,” she said without hesitation, jumping into his arms until they both almost toppled over onto the floor. “How soon?”

“Now. Tomorrow. As soon as we can.”

“That sounds wonderful.” And then, both of them still kneeling, he kissed her. But this time, he didn’t have to keep it PG, because no little kids were watching. After a while, Cat helped him up. He helped gather up her stuff, then she flipped the light switches next to the door.

“All ready?” he asked.

“All ready,” she answered. Then he swooped her up and carried her out of the classroom.

“Congratulations on completing your student teaching,” Preston said. “You’ve worked hard this year.”

“Yeah, and so have you,” she said, holding on with an arm around his shoulder. He never would have been able to support her weight a year ago. He’d barely been able to hold himself up then. He’d come a long way mentally, too.

“You’ve been with me all the way,” he said.

She giggled. “You’re supposed to carry me over the threshold on the way
in
.”

“I’m practicing. So I get it right. I’d like to go and practice some other things, too, if that’s all right.”

“Take me home,” she said, reaching out and closing the door quietly behind them. And before he did, he kissed the woman he loved again.

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