ever hurt you, we reached common ground.”
The crowd busted out laughing.
“All that’s missin’ is for you to say yes, Junie. Make me the happiest man alive, be my wife. Marry me, baby.”
She eyed Bailey, who was adamantly nodding before locking stares with me again.
Our connection.
There it was for all to see.
There was no hiding from it.
She was my girl. She’d always been my girl.
I waited on pins and needles, finally able to breathe when she replied, “Yes.”
Ending this chapter of our lives...
To begin another.
Happily ever after.
Epilogue
“Painter’s got a canvas. Writer’s got reams of empty paper. A musician has silence.”
-Keith Richards
<>Journey<>
One year later
“I, Journey, take you, Cash, as my lawfully wedded husband. To have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do us part.” I slid the band on his finger, and the officiant then nodded to Cash.
“I, Cash, take you, Journey, to be my lawfully wedded wife.” He slid the band on my finger. “I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health. I will love and honor you all the days of my life.”
I smiled wide, feeling an endless amount of sentiments. Each one more potent than the last.
“By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife. You may now kiss your bride.”
Cash grabbed the sides of my face and claimed my mouth like we weren’t in front of a roomful of our loved ones.
Slowly, he kissed me one last time. Whispering, “I love you, Junie,” against my lips.
Cash waived no expense for our wedding and reception. It was everything I’d ever wanted and more. He made all my dreams come true, making sure to have every last detail I’d requested.
From the flowers.
To the centerpieces.
Down to the location.
We were married on Johnny Cash’s ranch, which had been turned into a museum. I didn’t know how he did it, but he was able to rent it out for our special day.
If I had learned one important lesson in all of this, it was how much love truly prevailed through anything. I’d always known Cash was my soul mate.
At times, life could be unfair, sad, filled with devastation and sorrow. Those times were what made us stronger, grateful. Our hardships turned into strengths.
Together we could conquer whatever came our way with our love.
“Cash, stop!” I chastised as he tried lifting my dress up. He followed me into the bathroom. “I need to pee!”
“I know. I’m just tryin’ to help you, darlin’.”
“Yeah ... trying to pull down my panties, is not helping me.”
“You gonna pee wit’ ’em on?”
“Oh, do you think I don’t know what you’re doing, Cash McGraw? I know your ulterior motive.”
“Wow, Mrs. McGraw, you offend me deeply.”
I narrowed my eyes at him, smirking. “Mrs. McGraw, huh?”
“That is your name now. Fuckin’ finally. Only took four and a half years. Christ, Junie, you sure know how to make a man wait.”
I giggled, kissing his lips. He gripped onto my ass and set me on the counter, placing himself in between my thighs.
“I can’t wait to fuck a baby inside of you.”
“How romantic.” I tried pushing him away, but he didn’t move an inch. “Oh my God, Cash! There are over three hundred people at our reception. They’re going to realize we’re gone because the groom can’t keep his hands off his wife.”
Quickly, he moved my panties to the side. “I’ll be quick.”
“That’s exactly what every woman wants to hear.”
“I’ll make it up to you later.”
With that, he unzipped his slacks and pulled out his dick. In one thrust, he was deep inside of me.
“Fuck...”
“Junie, don’t cuss.”
In and out, he made love to me on the counter in Johnny Cash’s bathroom.”
It didn’t take long for my mind to start spinning and my vision to get hazy. He could see it in the way my body always responded to his touch.
“Show me what love is, Junie. Give me a baby.”
To say I wasn’t hesitant to get pregnant would be a lie.
I was.
I didn’t want to be selfish like my mother was with me, but I had to push that aside and trust in my faith that everything would happen as it should.
I moaned, leaning my head back against the mirror.
“Cash, I’m going to come.”
“Is that right?”
And I sure as shit did.
He drowned out my screams of ecstasy with his tongue in my mouth. Kissing me long and deep. I had everything I’d ever wanted and more.
Johnny Cash McGraw.
“One day I’m gonna be grown just like you, and you’re gonna be all mine.”
<>Cash<>
My life was finally complete, and I owed it all to the woman falling apart at the seams. Coming undone from the inside out.
“I love you, Journey McGraw,” I growled, releasing my seed into her tight, wet pussy.
My tight, wet pussy.
I’d never been so happy in my entire life. My whole world was here celebrating with us on this ranch, and it was filled with nothing but happiness. I truly believed with all my heart it wouldn’t have been possible without my June.
Kissing her lips one last time, I tucked my cock back into my slacks and helped her off the counter.
“Cash! Look what you did! You ripped my dress! Now everyone is going to know what we were doing!”
I shrugged, feeling damn proud of myself.
I wanted to fuck my girl, so I did.
“Ugh! You’re insatiable!”
She went into the bathroom stall and cleaned herself up. We walked back into the reception hand-in-hand. Bringing her hand up to my lips, I kissed it. Earning me a smile.
All was forgiven.
Austin and Briggs stood in the foyer, facing a man I didn’t recognize. Journey must have read my mind ’cuz her feet moved in the same direction as mine, until we were standing beside Austin. Facing the stranger with them.
“What are you doing here?” Briggs, Austin’s wife, exclaimed, and the expression on her face made me nervous.
“Can’t a man come visit his favorite cousin?” he replied, eyeing me up and down.
I didn’t waver, asking, “Who the hell are you?”
He deviously grinned, extending his hand for me to shake.
“Allow me to introduce myself, I’m Cruz Martinez.”
The end.