She smiled and giggled. "It wasn't that hard either, was it?"

"I don't know about you but I was working pretty hard."

She stared into his bandaged face. "I'm all yours, Christopher Jameson. I'll be yours for as long as you want me. I want to be your wife more than anything in the world, and the mother to your children." He stood slowly.

"Your…mom is still out there?"

"Well, she's probably listening at the door." He took her hand and led her to the ...