Ripping his tear-filled eyes from me, he focuses on the little girl approaching him. “I think it’s time I got a grampa too.”
“Sutton,” he rasps, barely holding it together as she passes him an identical sized box to mine.
“What do you say, Coach. Want to be my grampa?”
Without opening the gift, Dad pulls Sutton onto him lap and holds her tight, all five of us crying the happiest of tears.
Family.
Totally worth breaking all the rules for.
EXTENDED EPILOGUE
Parker
New Years Eve
“You owe me,” I slur, throwing my arms around my best friend.
I’ve barely had a chance to speak to her tonight; if she hasn’t been attached to Kodie’s hip then she’s been chasing around after Sutton.
I love seeing my girl so happy. It lights me up inside, seeing her smiling like she does now. But it also showcases just how fucking lonely I am.
“Why do I owe you?” Casey asks.
“We made a bet, remember.”
Her brows pinch.
“Uh…did we?”
“Yep. At the beginning of the season, I said something like, I bet that by the end of the season, you’d have fucked Kodie again. Well, Missy. It’s New Year’s, the season is far from over and you have just moved in with him. A la…you owe me.”
Casey’s quirks a brow, her smile growing as she thinks about her man.
Ugh, there’s that happiness again.
It’s a good thing I love her so much.
“That doesn’t constitute as a bet, and it certainly doesn’t mean I owe you anything.”
I narrow my eyes at her.
“Why aren’t you as drunk as me? If you were, you’d agree.”
She shakes her head. “What is it you want for winning?”
I blow out a long breath through my nose as I think.
“I don’t know.”
“Okay, so the point of bringing it up was…”
“Proving a point that I was right, I guess.”
“Well, congratulations, Miss Donnelly. You were right. Now, have you figured out who you’re going to be kissing in…” Casey checks the time. “Six minutes.”
I groan.
