“I will.Love you, bestie.”
“I love you too.”
As the SUV drove away from the park followed by several others, she didn’t know what was waiting for her at the farm, but she had a feeling it would change her life completely.
* * *
Sunday morning, Sunny and Seneca sat at the kitchen table in their house and shared breakfast, the ice in her coffee mug clinking as she sipped the vanilla brew courtesy of Anke in the market getting her an amazing vanilla sweet cream from a local store.
“I’m kind of surprised the park doesn’t have a coffee stall,” she said.
“I guess no one has ever had that as a main talent.None of the soulmates have been baristas.”
“Sera made the best coffee,” she mused.“She’s the one who got me hooked on iced coffees.”
“Maybe when she gets free one day, she can run a coffee stall and we can add that to our food and drink options.”
“That would be very cool.”She rested her hand over his that was on her thigh and leaned against him.“Do you think she’ll ever be free to join us?”
“I hope so.But it might not happen for a while.There’s no telling what it’s like for her there.”
“Yeah, that’s what I’ve been thinking.She’s resourceful, though.I know she’ll find a way when she can.I just wish she’d left with Fallon.”
“Me too.”
She’d gotten a text from Fallon last night saying she already missed Sunny and hoped they’d be able to connect again in a few days when things settled down.Sunny missed her too.
She and Seneca spent the morning doing all the mundane things that being a couple entailed on their day off—laundry, dishes, checking in with Marcus and making plans for what to bring for the weekly Sunday night dinner at his house.She’d agreed to bring pasta salad and was excited to get to visit the greenhouses to pick cucumbers and cherry tomatoes to use.
Dinner was just the three of them, and she adored hearing stories from Seneca’s childhood and Marcus’s life from before they came to the park.Even though a lot of it was tainted with sadness because he’d lost his soulmate, he was so hopeful that all the bears would find their happily ever afters soon and the sleuth would continue to grow.
She and Seneca had never used protection while they made love.It had been a conscientious decision to let things happen when they happened.She couldn’t wait to have a child with her soulmate.Seneca had already told her that if they had a boy, he thought naming him after both their dads—Jarek Marcus—and the same for a daughter with their moms’ names—Autumn Bethany.She loved that idea very much, bringing both their families together.
Someday.
It would happen when it happened, and the timing would be perfect.
As the day waned and the workday tomorrow loomed ahead, they settled on the couch to watch a favorite police drama and share a bowl of popcorn.
“We’ve been together for two weeks,” he said, popping a few kernels into his mouth.“It feels longer, doesn’t it?”
“Yeah,” she said, snuggling down into the couch next to him.“Like we’ve known each other forever even though it hasn’t been too long.”
“Well, this has been the best two weeks of my life.”
“Mine too.”
“Next weekend, let’s go on a date.”
“Are we allowed to leave the park?”
“I’ll plan something inside the park after hours.Our people are really good at finding unique ways to have dates that are very safe.”
“Oh, that sounds awesome.”
“I grabbed something for you, by the way,” he said.
“You did?”
