Chapter 75. New Home

She straddled him in the seat and hugged him tight. “Why? What made you do this?”

“I want to make all your dreams come true, Liesl. I want you to laugh and smile with happiness. I never want you to be sad, and if you are sad, I want to be close enough to you I can wipe those tears away and make you feel better. I grew up with my dad right there all the time and I want this for our children. He never once had to leave us for weeks on end and I don’t want it for our baby. I want what my parents had and as I sat in the meeting yesterday morning thinking of my dad the day, he walked out of a million-dollar meeting because my mom needed him, well, let’s just say I was inspired.”

Her sobs were giving way to hiccups and sniffles as he made long sweeping motions up and down her back, holding her tight to him.

“Want to go look around?”

“Yes.”

“Good, because I think Mallory is quite worried we’re going to have sex in the front seat of the car. I can see him strat