“Really? You knew that I would make the right decision?”
Sam scoffed. “Of course. We may not have known you for long, but we do know you.”
“There was no doubt in my mind,” I said. “We just needed you to realize how much you care about Bridgewater.”
She nodded. “I do care about Bridgewater.” Dropping her head, she peeked up at us from beneath lowered lashes. “And you. Both of you.”
Sam wrapped an arm around her shoulders and I squeezed her waist. At that moment, it all seemed to click into place—for me, at least. With Katie nestled against my side, and Sam beside her, this was where we were meant to be. This. We were a team, just the way our relatives before us had intended.
We were also making a scene. The airport wasn’t crowded but we’d been carrying on as if we were alone in a bubbl
