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“By the way, my mom is impossible,” I say. “She has ideas about what relationships should look like, and quite frankly, she can be a little snobby.”
“A little?”
“A lot.”
“It’s okay,” Chris says. “I’m not responsible for anything my mom says when you meet her.”
Now I know beyond a doubt that Chris and I are official. He wants me to meet his mom! I’m so happy I want to scream, but I’ll wait until he leaves.
“I have no problem whatsoever with your profession,” I say. “I don’t know where she got it in her head that you’re in HR. I think I may have blubbered something while I was having a panic attack.”
“You had a panic attack?”
“Yeah. That’s what Mary called it.”
“The same Mary that made me baked cod?”
“Yep.”
Chris looks concerned.
“Yeah. My parents stress me out to the point of making me feel like I’m dying. No biggie. After you left Dad’s, I laid into them. I don’t even remember what I said. I haven’t talked to either of them since.”
“I’m sorry. And I’m sorry I walked out on you. I’m sure that didn’t help matters.”
I smile softly and shrug. “It’s okay.”
“I’m sorry about everything.”
“So am I.”
Chris leans in for another kiss and I relish every moment of it. Afterward, our foreheads still rest together.
“Thank you,” I whisper.
“For what?”
“For making me realize my ovaries aren’t broken.”
Chris laughs. “Are you sure about that?”
“Oh. I’m sure. I’m very sure.”
“Should we test them out again?”
“Is this dirty talk? Are we talking dirty?”
Chris places an index finger to my lips as he leans me back against the cushions. I smile at the ceiling while he nuzzles my neck.
This day has turned out much better than I expected.
Epilogue
Sarah
I trail Chris as we walk to the entrance of the Charleston Airport, both of us rolling suitcases behind us that we picked out together on Amazon. New luggage for Chris’s new adventure.
We walk up to the ticket counter and Chris checks both suitcases, the process surprisingly painless, and soon we’re headed to the rotunda where I met my mother three weeks ago. The security checkpoint is just beyond, so we stop to say our goodbyes.