I let go of his hand and switch onto my facet, resting on my elbow so I can look down at him.

“I’d have questioned your sanity should you hadn’t doubted me in any respect.”

A small smile tilts my lips. “How did you discover my organic dad and mom?” It’s one thing I’ve been questioning about whereas I used to be mendacity right here with Kol, ready for him to get up and going over all the things in my thoughts.

He blows out a breath. “Once I couldn’t discover any adoption data for you, I figured that you simply had been both purchased on the black market or kidnapped while you had been a child. I had a hunch, and I used to be proper. If my baby was stolen, the very first thing I’d do is add my DNA into a kind of public family tree databases in order that if my baby or their descendants ever uploaded theirs, I’d find out about it. After you had been damage throughout that thunderstorm, I despatched your blood in to be examined. I paid the corporate handsomely to maintain the outcomes from being public, however I needed to see if anybody matching your DNA can be a detailed sufficient relation to trace down your dad and mom. Seems they had been each within the database. I’m sorry I didn’t let you know about Margaret straight away. It was egocentric. I believed you would possibly go away me to go discover your actual household.”

I flippantly place my hand on his chest. “You might be my household, Kol.”

His amber eyes glisten as he seems at me. “And also you’re mine. I’m by no means going to be separated from you once more, sweetheart. I’m sorry it took so lengthy for me to get my head out of my ass, however I promise that should you’ll let me, I’ll work the remainder of our lives to make you happier than you had been the day earlier than. You’re all the things to me.”

“I really like you, Kol Voss.”

“I really like you extra, sweetheart. Consider me. You possibly can’t even fathom how a lot.”

Cautious to not put any weight on his chest, I lean in and kiss him. Only a chaste kiss, nevertheless it’s the seal of our promise to one another.

“I’m so glad all of that is behind us,” I say once I draw back.

He frowns. “There’s one unfastened finish to tie up, however I’ll deal with it in time.” Earlier than I can ask what he means, he asks me one other query. “Do you wish to find out about your beginning dad and mom?”

I shake my head. “Not but. I’m nonetheless attempting to type out how I really feel about all the things. However I believe I’ll finally wish to meet them.”

He nods.

“Will you include me if I do?”

He smiles at me. “Is that even a query? I’m going to be worse than Nero.”

My brow wrinkles. “What does that imply?”

Kol shakes his head. “By no means thoughts, simply get again right here and kiss me once more.”

So I do.

Epilogue

KOL

FOUR MONTHS LATER…

Jessie Wallace died on a Monday morning on the golf course. It was reported as a coronary heart assault, however what the post-mortem didn’t present was the untraceable poison that one way or the other made it into his drink courtesy of the cart woman, a member of the Costa crime household.

I advised Marcello Costa we’re even now.

We’re nonetheless not a hundred percent certain how Margaret bought connected with Marcello’s goons, however the most effective guess is that she too was surveilling the manor, they usually stumbled upon one another, and she or he had one thing to supply them. Data perhaps, or probably simply getting Rapsody out of the way in which so she wasn’t an issue after they took me. We’ll by no means actually know.

There was no likelihood I used to be going to let Jessie hold respiration when he nonetheless posed a risk to Rapsody. She’s been discovering it laborious sufficient to recover from all the things Margaret did to her and lied to her about.

A few months in the past, Rapsody determined that she needed to succeed in out to her beginning dad and mom. They had been skeptical at first, since greater than twenty years had handed since she’d gone lacking, however we advised them that Rapsody had determined to do a family tree report, and I despatched them the findings.

The story we went with was that Rapsody confronted Margaret, and she or he stabbed herself within the chest.

Rapsody and her beginning household talked over the cellphone at first, and a month later when Rapsody was prepared, we took the non-public airplane to Ohio the place they dwell. Seems Rapsody is the massive sister to a different sister and brother. They’re an additional bonus to having her dad and mom that she’s thrilled about.

We even flew in once more final week proper earlier than Christmas in order that she may drop off some items to all of the members of the family.

Issues are nonetheless somewhat awkward between them, however that’s to be anticipated. I’m certain in time it’s going to get simpler. We’ve got plans to go go to once more within the new 12 months.

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