A Fair to Remember (20 page)
It had escaped their notice that the arena stands hadn’t really emptied, and they suddenly erupted again with applause, whistles and cheers. She and Jake looked up from their kiss to find the audience hooting and applauding for them.
“Your microphone,” Jake whispered with a grin. “It’s… still on.”
Olivia flushed, shook her head, then waved up at her friends and family up in the stands before turning a happy smile back at him. “No, that?” she said against his ear, “that’s the sound of the universe saying,
it’s about damned time
.”
“
Hoo-ah
!” he shouted and swung her in his arms.
The kiss he planted on her this time was the fulfillment of the promise that had been born under the Ferris wheel, twelve years ago, before their lives had spun them sideways.
But right here at the Big Marietta Fair, they’d come back, full circle. They’d found a way ‘in’ to each other, and today was just the beginning of a very long road together, one on which he intended to walk alongside her to the end of his days. Holding the sweet weight of her against him, her arms around his neck, he realized he was finally done searching for home. Because home
was
Olivia and wherever their lives took them from here, she would always be the place he returned to.
The End
The Big Marietta Fair Series
If you enjoyed
A Fair to Remember
, you’ll love the other Big Marietta Fair series novellas!
Beauty and the Cowboy
by Nancy Robards Thompson
Cowgirl Come Home
by Debra Salonen
For the Love of a Cowboy
by Yvonne Lindsay
Her Summer Cowboy
by Katherine Garbera
Barbara Ankrum has a thing for the West and has written both historical and contemporary romances, all set in that magical place. Twice nominated for RWA’s RITA Award, her bestselling books are emotional, sexy rides with a touch of humor. Barbara’s married and raised two children in Southern California, which, in her mind, makes her a native Westerner. Like her on
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