Fourteen by C.M. Smith (short story to read .txt) 📕

“Now that wasn’t fair,” he whined, sitting up and pouting at me.

I laughed and opened my arms to him as I turned on my back. He huffed dramatically before crawling up to me and laying his head on my breast. I threaded my fingers through his hair and closed my eyes, listening to his even breathing.

“You know you and the kids are everything to me, don’t you?” he whispered.

“Yes, just like you and the kids are everything to me.”

He propped himself up on his elbows, leaned down, and gently kissed me again. I wrapped my arms around his neck, and we kissed languidly.

This was where I belonged. This was the life I’d dreamed of, and the man I’d dreamed of spending it with. Nothing in this world made sense until I was in his arms, and I never wanted it any other way. The past ten years hadn’t always been easy, but together we’d dealt with whatever came our way, and we made it through.

Ten years ago, I counted down the days by thinking of college. Ten years ago, I hardly mattered to anyone in my school. Ten years ago, my husband made a mistake, and it brought us together no matter how hard everyone else tried to push us apart. Ten years ago, I fell in love for the first time and hadn’t looked back since.

Walking through those doors tonight had proven how far I’d come—how far we’d all come. The things that I thought were most important back then had really only been minor blips on the screen. High school had helped shape me into the person that I was today, and while I wouldn’t go back and do it all over again if someone paid me a million dollars, I no longer regretted or held anything against anyone.

I wasn’t a famous celebrity, and I hadn’t cured cancer or ended world hunger; but I was a wife to a wonderful man and a mother to a beautiful little girl and a little boy on the way. I worked hard at my job, and I loved my family. I’d say that was damn successful.

Table of Contents

Cover

Title

Copyright

About the Author

Acknowledgments

Chapter 01

Chapter 02

Chapter 03

Chapter 04

Chapter 05

Chapter 06

Chapter 07

Chapter 08

Chapter 09

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Epilogue