Honoring Freedom (Cowboys of Sagebrush Rose #3)

Epilogue

“Twins. Can you believe it?”

Freedom smiled at her husband who was sitting in the driver’s seat as they drove to Liberty and Wyler’s. “It hasn’t sunk in. I’m a little worried about you. You look googly eyed.”

“Can you blame me?” Keller said with a grin like he just won the lottery and Super Bowl at the same moment. “A boy and a girl.”

“It will be awesome. Now that everyone knows that you and I are married, we’ll throw them for another loop by telling them we’re having twins.”

He reached over and took her hand, squeezing it gently. “Have I told you today how much I love you?”

“Only five times which isn’t nearly enough.” she teased.

“Well then let me clear that up. I love you. I love you. I love you.”

“When did you become such a softie, cowboy?” Her heart filled with love for him.

“Sometime after I almost lost you. If Tribe hadn’t killed Rigs I would have done it with my bare hands. I can’t believe he was right under our noses all that time.”

“That shows us that people can hide who they truly are. His real name was Pok? He had a criminal background. I can’t believe he shot Kent.”

“Kent’s a lucky man to have survived.”

She flattened her palms in her lap. “I don’t know how I would have felt if he had succeeded in killing Kent or Lanah. I never wanted anyone dead. Yet Rigs thought he was taking care of my problems.”

Keller brought her hand up to kiss her fingers. “Don’t feel like you’re responsible. Rigs needed help, and we all missed it. He made his choices.”

“So, you really believe that Kent didn’t play a role in everything?”

“You still do?”

“I don’t know. The conversations prior to the shooting I had with him, well, maybe I just heard what I wanted to hear. But he showed me those pictures…”

“Have you spoken to your sister about them?” Keller slowed the truck as they turned into Liberty and Wyler’s driveway.

“I did.”

He turned off the engine and faced his wife. “What happened in the past needs to stay there. You and I, we’re going to have a house full before we know it. We should focus on us.”

She cupped his cheek. “How did I get so lucky to have you in my life?”

“We’re just two lucky people, sweetheart.” He kissed her on the forehead.

“Are you ready to do this?”

“Ready as I’ll ever be I reckon. Let’s go.” He winked.

Not the end but only the beginning.

From the author:

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Rhonda Lee Carver

At an early age, Rhonda fell in love with romance novels, knowing one day she ’ d write her own love story. Life took a short detour, but when the story ideas were no longer contained, she decided to dive in and write. Her first plot was on a dirty napkin she found buried in her car. Eventually, she ran out of napkins. With baby on one hip and laptop on the other, she made a dream into reality—one word at a time.

Her specialty is men who love to get their hands dirty and women who are smart, strong and flawed. She loves writing about the everyday hero.

When Rhonda isn't crafting sizzling manuscripts, you will find her busy editing novels, blogging, juggling kids and animals (too many to name), dreaming of a beach house and keeping romance alive. Oh, and drinking lots of coffee to keep up with her hero and heroine.