“What do I want?” he asked, sounding insulted. “My dear lady, can’t a man compliment his beautiful wife without being accused of wanting something?”
Oh how Jack had grown since she first met him. He could still be sweet, and sometimes shy, but he was so much more bolder than all those years ago. He no longer stammered, nor double guessed himself either. His hand squeezed hers back affectionately, and smiled at her in a triumphant way.
“I was just telling you how gorgeous you are, and how I’ve felt that way ever since I first met you.”
Still blushing, she hooked her arms through his, snuggling into his side as they walked, keeping her cheek pressed into his arm. “You’re still such a flatterer, love,” she sighed happily, enjoying the closeness and the warmth of being by his side that spread out from her heart like a flower.
“I’m really glad though..that you had the courage to talk to me. You were so shy when I first met you but you had this wonderful, shy smile I couldn’t resist and combined with your green eyes…I think I was hook, line and sinker since that moment and I didn’t even know it.”
Missy tugged them a little but Katelynn kept her at bay, not wishing to separate from her husband during such a romantic moment.
He smiled down at her, wanting to wrap his arm around her but she was holding it so he couldn’t do that. All he could do was lean into her gently, keeping pace with her as they walked together.
“Really now…” she’s told him this before, but it’s still amazing to hear. That someone as weak and shy as he had once been could have caught her attention so easily was amazing. Jack laughs, and sighs, as they continue walking, Missy trailing ahead of them as far as she could before being gently tugged back before she got too far ahead.
This is what he had been hoping for all those years ago. A life with her. A chance to grow old with her, to hold her hand at least once every day, to tell her how much he loved and adored her every single day without fail. They had achieved it, together, and had faced so much. They had raised a beautiful daughter who was already engaged, set to be wed, but had focused on her studies first to become a doctor.
Jack didn’t know what he had done to achieve such a life but whatever it was he thanked it.
Jack Maple 