Epilogue
“It’s a street.” Cam announced the obvious as he stared at the video feed on her computer. “She wants us to watch a street?”
“I guess,” Lily replied. “At least that’s all I can see. Ellie, are you sure she didn’t give you any hints about what’s going on?”
“Just that she’d lost a bet to Romeo before she left California and now it’s time to pay up.”
“A bet?” Ellie asked.
“That’s what she said.”
“Romeo, are you filming?” Ellie asked.
“Oh, you know I am—streaming it to you and to everyone at work. The entire studio is watching.”
Elli laughed. It had been two months since Memory and Colton made their mating official in a ceremony in Charlotte. The entire family had flown up and they’d met her business partner, Romeo, and his husband Jay.
“So, what’s this all about Romeo?” Lily asked.
The scene displayed wiggled, jostled, and turned topsy-turvy then Romeo’s face appeared. “Hello, Angels,” he said then laughed. “Sorry, always wanted to say that. Everyone ready?”
“Hey, Romeo,” Ellie responded. “What the hell’s going on?”
“An event, honey. Something you’ve never seen before and aren’t likely to see again. A once-in-a-lifetime moment.”
“Well, that’s clear as mud,” Lily murmured.
“Oh wait, we’re almost ready!” The scene did another tumble and refocused on a view of the street.
“What’s that?” Cam asked from behind Ellie.
“What?” Ellie replied. “I don’t see anything.”
“No, listen. Hear that?”
“Music,” Lily said. “What in the world? Oh my god! Do you see that?”
“Holy shit!” Ellie burst out laughing as Memory’s big red Cadillac convertible came into frame.
There was Memory, standing on the front seat of the car wearing a bikini and singing at the top of her lungs to Natalie Cole’s “Everlasting Love.” Driving the car and smiling up at her was Colton.
“Oh shit,” Lily laughed. “Shit on a stick.”
Everyone else joined in on the laughter. The car slowed and the camera panned in on Memory and Colton. Her hand was on his shoulder, and he was grinning at her like he was the happiest man in the world.
“She really found it,” Romeo said softly.
“Come on, sisters, sing it with me!” Memory shouted at the camera.
“What the hell,” Ellie said and piped up. A second later Lily chimed in as Memory spread her arms wide as if to embrace them all. “This will be…”
“And everlasting love.”