The Game Changer The Final Score - By L.M. Trio Page 0,111
got the whole electric shock, chills thing going on. Shit, I really need to get back to hittin’ balls with the guys again. Thank God spring training starts tomorrow. I laugh to myself.
“Wait, close your eyes,” she says before opening the door all the way.
“How am I gonna see if my eyes are closed,” I answer dryly.
“You can open them when I tell you,” she says. I obey, as usual, and she takes my hands to lead me through the front door.
“Okay… now.”
As soon as I open my eyes, the first thing I see is her beautiful, smiling face, so before I look at anything else, I bend down to kiss her lips. Then my eyes scan the room, and I instantly feel as if I stepped into… home. The house is decorated in warm earth tones; it’s inviting and relaxing. She made it a place that makes you feel settled and content. I’m in awe as I take it all in.
“Well?” she asks, looking up at me.
“I’m amazed. How did you pull this off so quickly?” I beam. She takes my hand and shows me around.
“I used JJ and Luke’s painters. I ordered everything from the same store; the furniture, the pictures, paintings, vases… everything. Also, I got a really good deal because I bought everything through them,” she says proudly as she leads me to the kitchen.
I spot one of my favorite paintings from JJ in the dining room.
“She said it’s one of your favorites and told me to take it. She had a stack of paintings in her studio and said I could take whatever I wanted.”
She guides me from room to room and I’m continuously blown away by the detail she put into this. It looks as if someone has lived here for years. I notice a few more of JJ’s paintings, along with huge terra cotta pots holding trees; they combine to add color to the rooms.
She leads me to the covered lanai. This room is fun, with a bar, flat screen TV’s on the walls and a lot of mine and Luke’s sports memorabilia framed and hanging on the walls. The patio furniture is gathered around a gas fire pit and the double chaise lounge faces the canal, next to the pool.
The spare bedroom with the private bath sits on the other end of the house. This room is also decorated. She said she decorated this room in case I have company. There is more privacy since it sits alone. The two rooms near the master bedroom are the only two rooms in the house that are untouched.
“I left these two rooms alone. I thought you might want an office or a gym maybe?” she questions.
I smile because my first thought is that they’re in a good spot for the kids. “The garage is huge I could always put a gym out there,” I answer, giving her a smile. “So, I guess this leaves the master bedroom?” I ask, taking her by the hand.
We enter the master bedroom and again, she has spared no detail. It’s calming and intimate. The dark-cherry wood sleigh bed sits high, covered in pillows, it’s warm and inviting and there’s nothing more that I want right now than to show her how much she means to me and how happy I am.
“Well, what do you think? Are you going to move in?” she asks cheerily.
“I think it’s unbelievably amazing, but I’ll only move in on one condition... if you stay with me? I don’t want to live here by myself.”
“Mikey, what will people think? It’s too soon for us to move in together.”
“DeDe, are you kidding me? We’ve lived together more than half our lives. It feels weird not living with you.”
“Yeah, you’re right.” She laughs.
“So…”
“Well, I don’t want people to think I decorated your house so now I have to move in.”
“What are you talking about? What people are we talking about?” I laugh at her. “We need to talk about why I bought this house in the first place.” I push her back towards the bed as I lay her down comfortably on the cushy pillows and cover her body with mine. I kiss her deeply before continuing, “Do you know exactly how much you mean to me?” She looks affectionately into my eyes. “This has always been about you. I always hoped that one day you would feel the same way about me as I have always felt about you. I could never have anyone here