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Four months earlier, Morgan wouldn’t have waited on bended knee in front of a woman. But that was a lifetime ago.

He peered up at Rosemary as she bit her trembling lower lip.

“Oh, darlin’,” he said. “When a man asks you to marry him, you’re supposed to be happier.”

“I am happy. I’m...” Her voice choked off.

He brought her down to him, sitting her on his thigh, wrapping her in his arms. The people who’d come outside to stare at the fire engine retreated, waiting by their rooms to watch the proposal. But Charise had brought Tommy closer.

The blonde gave him to Rosemary, who cradled the baby.

“Good luck,” mouthed Charise, winking at him.

Morgan lightly pushed Tommy’s button nose. “Hey, tough guy, can you tell your mom that you want us all to be together, too?”

Rosemary wiped her cheek. “Maybe we’re mistaking passion for something more meaningful.”

“You know that’s not true. Through a strange twist of fate, I’ve always been in love with a part of you. Remember when I’d told you that there was one true moment in my life? That a masquerade angel held me afterward like no other woman?”

Rosemary hesitated, then a change came over her. Brightness suffused her hazel eyes, and a smile lit over her mouth. “You stopped being a playboy months ago?”

“You set a metamorphosis into motion. I can’t go back to being the old Morgan now.”

She laughed, kissed Tommy, then him. “Maybe true love can exist, even with us.”

With a burst of joy, he buried his face in her hair - so sweet. With his other hand, he held Tommy’s chubby leg, forming a circle of promise.

“We’ve got a lot of time to make up,” Rosemary said.

“Just as long as we share all our secrets.”

“I don’t have any more. Do you?”

“Yeah.”

She blinked. “Oh.”

“Don’t worry.” Morgan laughed, feeling the vibration travel through Rosemary’s body. “I’ve planned a secret trip for us. You know, a honeymoon?”

“Kind of cocky, aren’t you?”

“I always will be. But it’s tough when I haven’t heard a yes from you yet.”

“Yes.” She threw back her head and raised her voice, the words braided with laughter. “Yes, yes, yes!”

As the scattered pieces of Morgan’s heart crashed back together, making him whole, he brought his grandmother’s ring out from his pocket. He’d found it in the attic, along with Tommy’s carousel and toy chest. Thank God Rosemary was allowing him to decorate her finger with his love.

Their small motel audience “awww”ed and applauded, then started moving back into their rooms. Even baby Tommy knew something was going on, because he was trying to clap his hands, too.

“I’m the luckiest man alive,” he said, and Rosemary kissed his cheek. Her touch was a benediction, a loose end tying into a knot, closing. Bonding.

Using Tommy’s hand to help him, Morgan slid the ring onto Rosemary’s finger and said, “Here’s to true love.”

“And love at first sight,” she said. “Love that grows beyond a fantasy.”

They smiled at each other, silent vows contained in their gazes.

A flash caused them to blink their eyes.

“Got you,” Charise said, holding an instant camera. The picture whirred out of the device. “A historic moment captured in color.”

Before going back to the room, she gave the keepsake to them. Both Rosemary and Morgan held the edges, showing Tommy the magic. Before their eyes, a happy family took form.

“Look at that,” Morgan said. “There’s our future.”

Rosemary stroked his neck.

“I love you so much,” he said.

“And I love you, too,” she sighed, resting her cheek against his. “All sides of you.”

Even if she was coming to terms with what he used to be, this moment convinced Morgan that the playboy was long gone. As he glanced at the photo again, he saw a whole new Morgan Pierce.

He saw a father holding his happy family.

As the sun set over Remington, a new day dawned for all of them.

The End




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