Chapter 57: Epilogue

Candice

"How's this?" Max asks from above me.

"A little higher."

"This?"

"Perfect, keep it right there."

I turn and grab the staple gun and pass it to him. He is high up on the ladder, so I have to go up a few steps to hand it to him while he holds the string of lights. I move back down the steps and bump into a very firm and familiar body. I turn around and smile up at Austin as he helps me down the last step. He places his arm over my shoulders as we both look up at the completion of decorations around the club. There are green and red lights everywhere. A large Christmas tree in the center of the room where the dance floor normally is, and about two hundred wrapped presents for the local children's shelter that Chance sponsors. We will all drop them off tomorrow morning. Turns out I was right; the warriors are making the community better.

I had asked Austin right after thanksgiving if we could do a Christmas party at his club for all the members and their families. After spen