Chocolate Kisses and Love Filled Wishes: Kissing Bridge Mountain - Book 3 by Linda West Page B
Authors: Linda West
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knew life would never be the same again. It would be so much richer, so much fuller of the importance of family and love and everything that he loved about life.
“Thank you, Brody,” he said. He wanted to say so much, more but the words caught in his throat. All he could do was cry right along with Summer and pull her close until they cried all over each other, their tears of relief and love mingling together until they were one stream.
Chapter 26
“Y ou know, I really love Kissing Bridge,” Brody said. “I can’t believe I never wanted to come here before.” Brody had been reluctant to do the whole meeting her family thing, but now, it was all he could talk about. They strolled through Kissing Bridge, gloved hand in gloved hand, beaming at each other. “I’d love to spend more time with you here.”
“I love it too, and I never used to appreciate it,” Kacey said. “Sometimes I think you need to be away from something for a while to appreciate how much you need it; how much you love it.”
“Like you,” said Brody, pausing to kiss her on the nose. “I knew I cared about you, but I really had no idea how much, until you were gone.”
But then he said something that really surprised her.
“I’m thinking that it might be the right time to retire after the 2018 Korean Olympics.”
“What? Really?”
“Yep,” he said.
Kacey was floored. “I’d never thought I’d hear you say that. What’s brought this on?”
He stopped, taking both her hands in his, and looking at her.
“You. Or this. This whole thing. These past few weeks. I’ve learned so much.”
Kacey loved this change in him.
Not only was he his usual bouncy self, there seemed to be a new dimension to him. A deeper one, a smarter one.
“What did you learn?” she asked.
“I learned that I really want this kind of life,” he said. “This place has a real sense of community. It just made me realize how empty all these crazy parties are. I’m bored with the whole snowboarding crowd; not the snowboarders themselves, but the whole thing that surrounds it.”
Kacey instantly thought of the supermodels that fawned all over him. “I can agree with that.”
“We’ve traveled the world already,” he said. “And I know we want the medals. But why don’t we just train together for the Olympics, and then call it a day with all the competitions?
I mean, it’s nice to win, sure, but at the end of the day, it’s a piece of metal hanging around your neck. That’s all.”
Kacey was so taken aback, she didn’t know what to think, or say, but it didn’t matter much, because Brody was on a roll.
“I mean, I was so mad at you when I found out you were training, but then I thought, how could I really blame you? When I was so focused on winning at all costs, and being so single minded—like snowboarding was all that mattered in the world. But to me, Baby, it doesn’t matter if you ever snowboard again. If you want to, that’s great, if you don’t want to or you can’t, that’s totally cool… I guess what I’m trying to say, is that our relationship is about so much more than snowboarding. It goes deeper than that.”
Wow. The words she’d always wanted to hear from him, pouring right out of his mouth. It felt like something close to a miracle.
“I do want to board again,” she said. “I love it so
“Thank you, Brody,” he said. He wanted to say so much, more but the words caught in his throat. All he could do was cry right along with Summer and pull her close until they cried all over each other, their tears of relief and love mingling together until they were one stream.
Chapter 26
“Y ou know, I really love Kissing Bridge,” Brody said. “I can’t believe I never wanted to come here before.” Brody had been reluctant to do the whole meeting her family thing, but now, it was all he could talk about. They strolled through Kissing Bridge, gloved hand in gloved hand, beaming at each other. “I’d love to spend more time with you here.”
“I love it too, and I never used to appreciate it,” Kacey said. “Sometimes I think you need to be away from something for a while to appreciate how much you need it; how much you love it.”
“Like you,” said Brody, pausing to kiss her on the nose. “I knew I cared about you, but I really had no idea how much, until you were gone.”
But then he said something that really surprised her.
“I’m thinking that it might be the right time to retire after the 2018 Korean Olympics.”
“What? Really?”
“Yep,” he said.
Kacey was floored. “I’d never thought I’d hear you say that. What’s brought this on?”
He stopped, taking both her hands in his, and looking at her.
“You. Or this. This whole thing. These past few weeks. I’ve learned so much.”
Kacey loved this change in him.
Not only was he his usual bouncy self, there seemed to be a new dimension to him. A deeper one, a smarter one.
“What did you learn?” she asked.
“I learned that I really want this kind of life,” he said. “This place has a real sense of community. It just made me realize how empty all these crazy parties are. I’m bored with the whole snowboarding crowd; not the snowboarders themselves, but the whole thing that surrounds it.”
Kacey instantly thought of the supermodels that fawned all over him. “I can agree with that.”
“We’ve traveled the world already,” he said. “And I know we want the medals. But why don’t we just train together for the Olympics, and then call it a day with all the competitions?
I mean, it’s nice to win, sure, but at the end of the day, it’s a piece of metal hanging around your neck. That’s all.”
Kacey was so taken aback, she didn’t know what to think, or say, but it didn’t matter much, because Brody was on a roll.
“I mean, I was so mad at you when I found out you were training, but then I thought, how could I really blame you? When I was so focused on winning at all costs, and being so single minded—like snowboarding was all that mattered in the world. But to me, Baby, it doesn’t matter if you ever snowboard again. If you want to, that’s great, if you don’t want to or you can’t, that’s totally cool… I guess what I’m trying to say, is that our relationship is about so much more than snowboarding. It goes deeper than that.”
Wow. The words she’d always wanted to hear from him, pouring right out of his mouth. It felt like something close to a miracle.
“I do want to board again,” she said. “I love it so
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