Her ObsessionChapter 157
Her Obsession
Chapter 157
The night settles slowly. Music fades to hums and laughter, the kind that clings to the air long after the last song’s been played. The fairy lights outside the barn flicker like tired stars, and the field smells like summer, grass, smoke, pie, and rain that hasn’t fallen yet. Half the kids have gone to bed, while the other half are asleep where they sit. Naomi is stretched across a hay bale with Liam’s jacket over her, mumbling something about “never trusting cake portions again.” Nico’s arguing with Matteo about whiskey brands, and Ma’s fussing at Pa for smoking too close to the pie table. Sage is beside me, barefoot in the grass, her hand laced through mine. Het dress is a little wrinkled, the hem damp from dew, but she’s glowing. Not from the lights. From something deeper. She’s mine. My wife, I still can’t quite believe it. She’s watching Diego by the firepit; he’s half–asleep in one of Pa’s oversized wooden chairs, dinosaur tucked under his chin, his curls glinting orange in the firelight. Every few minutes, he jerks awake just long enough to giggle at something Ma says before drifting again.Sage leans her head on my shoulder, voice soft. “He’s out.”“Yeah,” I murmur. “Didn’t last long.”She hums a little laugh. “He had a big day.”“Big job,” I say. “Pulled off the most important mission of his life.”
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