“yeah?”

"Marry me"

“Dom?”

"Marry me?"

“I … I … …” I really am at a loss for words here. Somehow that is a question I never thought I’d hear over the phone, if ever.

"Please? Brian, please."

“Dom, what are you doing?” I’m whispering I don’t want him to hear my tears, my voice crack. I don’t understand how he can do this. How he can offer me this now when I can’t have it. This hurts.

"I’m begging."

God he’s serious. I want to say yes, I do but…

“Dom, we can’t. You can’t come here, I can’t go there.”

He’s explaining now. How yes we can, how Mia came up with the idea. He says he’s already check with a lawyer, said it was completely legal. I don’t know what to say. It seems silly that an idea based on tv show from 20 years ago could be the answer to me and Dom being together again.

“This for real?” I have to ask I have to be sure.

"Yeah, yeah it’s for real. Marry me Brian."

How do I say no. It’s simple I can’t.

“yes.” I whisper

"I love you."

I feel like I have waited forever to hear him say that to me again.

“I love you too.”

"I’ll arrange everything as soon as possible. I miss you; so much, Brian, so much."

“I should go, Jade needs a bath. I… I miss you to Dom.”

End Phone Call

I hung up the phone and look over towards Jade. That was your papa I tell her. She gives me a toothy grin. Of course it’s ruined by the fact that she’s covered from head to toe in mashed potatoes and gravy.

I laugh, there’s really nothing else I can do. Dom found away for us to be together, to be a family. I’m going to marry Dom. I want to shout. In stead I pick up Jade and Swing her around in a circle before heading for the bathroom. Life really is looking up.

He called back later that night, after Jade was in bed. Wanted to know what I was doing, I teased him, asked him if he was planning on making this an obscene phone call. He gave this rough chuckle that curled my toes and made my spine tingle. After that he called everyday. Sometimes in the morning to talk to Jade, always at night, I would drift off to sleep with his voice in my ear.