hand and knelt on one knee in front of her. He gently rubbed her fingers as he gazed lovingly into her eyes.
“All of my adult life, I’ve met women who only saw dollar-signs when they looked at me. You were the first woman to actually find me disgusting because I flaunted my money.” She laughed, but he continued. “You were also the first woman to see into my heart. You took the time to get to know me. I don’t ever want to lose you. I want you in my life forever and ever.” He kissed the back of her hand. “Morgan Ann Foster, will you promise to love me just as you do now, and to be my wife and the mother of our ten children—”
“Ten?” Panic filled her briefly.
He shrugged. “That can be negotiated.” He cleared his throat. “As I was saying... Will you be the mother of our children and raise them to love unconditionally just as you love, and teach them all how to ride motorcycles and take beautiful pictures – and love nature just as you do?”
Tears slowly filled her eyes as her heart continued to grow in size and emotion continued to clog her throat. “Yes, just as long as you will love me the way you do now for the rest of our lives, and promise to spend time with our children and teach them everything they need to know about working beside you at the winery.”
He arched an eyebrow. “Can I teach them everything I know about cars?”
“Well... just as long as you don’t encourage them to speed through town like you’ve done before.”
Laughing, he stood and wrapped her in his arms. He lifted her and swung her around a couple times. She held onto him and laughed with him. Finally, he stopped and kissed her... a kiss that would seal their engagement and their love. In fact, she was sure the seductive kiss would have done more, except she heard a man laughing nearby them. Thomas must have heard it, too, because he broke the kiss and spun around to see who had interrupted their beautiful moment.
Standing, not far from her new motorcycle, was Percy. His face was aglow, and his smile stretched from ear to ear. But it was his attire that made Morgan unable to hold back a laugh. The round little man wore a scuba diver’s suit – with the headgear and snorkel, down to the fins on his feet.
“Percy...” Thomas shook his head. “Will you ever learn not to pop in on people unexpectedly? I was rather occupied, if you couldn’t tell.”
“Yes, I could tell, but the Big Guy,” he motioned toward the sky, “only gave me a few minutes to say goodbye. Not only that, I wanted to show you something.” He turned slightly, and sprouting from his back came two wings – white as Heaven.
Both Thomas and Morgan gasped. She couldn’t believe it. Thomas really did have a guardian angel.
Thomas laughed loudly. “You did it. You actually earned your wings.”
The older man nodded. “Yes, I did. Of course, there were a few times I thought you would fail me, but I want to let you know how proud I am that the two of you got together and fell in love.” He puffed his chest. “And to think this was all my doing.”
Thomas laughed. “You believe that if you want, but I promise, this was not your doing at all.”
“Goodbye, and may your lives together be spectacular. I’m sure I’ll see you both in Heaven one day.”
Morgan was speechless, especially when the odd man slowly dissolved right in front of her eyes with his wings flapping. Gasping, she looked up at Thomas who was grinning.
“Now... where were we?” He gathered her back in his arms. “You don’t know how relieved I am that he won’t be interrupting my life anymore.”
This time when he kissed her, it lasted much longer... and she didn’t care if it lasted all night now.
THE END
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