Epilogue
RUBY POV
6 years later
The door to my and Tom's bedroom slowly creaked open. I wanted to fix it, but Tom had a good point. It was a great heads-up when the boys were sneaking in. The creaks stay. It only makes noise if the door is opened slowly.
"Shhh, Jasper. Don't wake up mommy." I heard the tiny, not-so-whispered reprimand of my eldest son, Garnet, to his younger brother, Jasper. I lay there, pretending I was still asleep. I knew what today was. It was my birthday and, like every year since Garnet learned to walk, he has worked hard with his dad in the kitchen to make me a birthday breakfast surprise.
"I am being quiet, Arnie." Jasper was too young to use hard "G" sound words, so Garnet was "Arnie". It always made me smile. Jasper and his little tiny voice, trying to sound
