Willa made her way over to her new sofa and sat down to try it out. The leather felt good and the new smell of it was fresh. Her office looked great as Tricia had an excellent eye for furniture placement. She closed her eyes for a bit and before you know it she nodded off. It was 6 pm when she heard her phone ringing. She jumped up to go find it. It was still on her dad’s desk. It stopped ringing before she could get to it. She had a voice message on it. The message was from Grey. He wanted to know if she was still at work?She quickly gathered up her things and headed out of the office while trying to call him back. Then she remembered that she needed to go and pick up her dresses at Stacy’s Bridal Boutique.Grey answered his phone quickly, “Hi there, princess…” Then there was a long pause. “Are you ok Willa? Did you see my text? I was getting worried about you.”Willa could hear the concern in his voice. She replied with patience, “Yes, I had a long day and I took a

The stars were twinkling and it was a perfect night. Grey hugged Willa tightly and whispered in her ear, “You do know as soon as you agree to be my wife, with your parents complete blessing of course, that you can come and live with me. We can plan our wedding and live happily ever after just like your parents.” He waited for her response knowing that she might not give him the answer that he wanted just yet.She looked at him intently and said, “You can ask me to marry you in a few more months. Let’s get through my sister’s wedding first. I promise to give you a solid answer after that time frame.” Then she leaned her head near his and gave his cheek a kiss.“Ok, I can wait.” He laughed. “In the meanwhile, I will just continue to show you how charming I am. By the way, my parents were a very happy couple too. I’m sure my dad would have loved you as a daughter-in-law. I know that he’s looking down from heaven on us and cheering us on in this life.”Willa was silent for a wh

“I’ve got to say at first I was not keen about Grey wanting to date you Willa. I thought his motives were strictly to help his family out with the loss of the Miller Dairy. I figured that you would be a casualty after he got done handling his family’s business. If in fact it was a retaliatory affair? After doing some digging around and listening to his side of the story, I have to admit that I was wrong. It does seem like fate has brought the two of you together.” Trevor glanced at his wife who was nodding in approval at his words. She must have discussed the topic at hand with him last night. “So long story short, you have our permission to marry him if he should ask you properly. As you know, he has already spoken to me on this subject. The timing is up to you and we trust that you will be happy together.” After Trevor finished speaking, Willa must have looked stunned because everyone looked at her like she had two heads. “Hun, are you ok? Do you need me to get you anoth

Willa heard the faint sound of her name being called amongst the cries from others in the fallen debris. Also, in the distance the wailing sounds of the emergency vehicles could be heard. Outsiders were trying to get in to help out with the victims. “Willa”, she heard again, but oh so faintly. Willa peered around and saw one of her sister’s shoes not far away so she headed towards it. She held her left arm gingerly as she was sure it was broken and wiped the blood out of her right eye. She kept looking around and calling out to Rainey until she finally found her under a pile of ceiling tiles and a heavy beam.“Rainey, I’m here. Don’t move! Everything will be ok. Let me start moving this mess away to help you.” Just then several members of the fire and rescue squad came in and started helping out. Willa flagged down one of her high school classmates, Steven Hardy, to help her dig out her sister.“Hey Steven! Can you help me with Rainey? She’s under this pile here and I’m a

He rushed over to Rainey’s side and grabbed her hand. “Hi honey, your parents are here! Everything is going to be alright. I just know it.” He tried to be positive for her sake and then leaned over and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek.Rainey observed him for a moment when he pulled away and then said, “Sweetie, have you been crying? Don’t worry. I’m fine. This is just a little set back. The good news is that my back is not broken! The kind doctor will fill you in.”Martha and Trevor quickly walked over to the other side of her bed. “That is wonderful news! So just the broken leg, huh? But what exactly is going on with your back then?” Martha asked. Rainey looked really groggy, probably due to the pain meds that she was given. So Martha didn’t press her too much, because she looked so tired and frail.Trevor held onto his wife while at the same time looking for answers from the doctor. “Doctor, this is our daughter. Give it to us straight. Ok?”“Absolutely! First