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like that, but I thought I was seeing a ghost. I thought I had lost you forever and then you were there. It’s unbelievable. How were things with you after the move?”
    “I know. I thought the same thing, Rhett. And you actually became a firefighter. All those years of talking about saving people and battling the blaze and you did it. I’m so proud of you.” She looks at me for a minute, lost in thought. “After the move I was terrified. I had no clue what those people were going to be like, but they were so kind. They were patient with me and they made it a point to learn as much as they could about me so they could make the transition easier. They’re not my blood parents, of course, but I can say honestly that they took to the parent roles amazingly. They are the best adoptive parents I could have asked for. I still talk to them every day. You would love them, and they practically know you already, because you’re all I talked about when we first moved. I just wish we hadn’t lost contact. I missed you every second of every day,” she says, looking at me with those deep gray eyes just as the doorbell rings.
    That’s when we hear Cam pelting down the hall like she’s trying out for the Olympics. “Don’t mind me, you little love bugs. Pizza guy’s here though, and nobody gets between me and my pizza,” she says as she races past us.
    Laughing, M looks over at me. “She really likes pizza, even though it makes her ass fat.”
    “I heard that, skank-balls. You love my fat ass,” Cam yells.
    M is laughing a full belly laugh at this point, and it’s completely contagious. I can’t help but laugh along with her.
    “Please excuse Cam; she’s kind of a nut.”
    “Oh, I completely understand. You haven’t met Micah yet. He’s the male version of Cam. Only he’s worse, and kind of disgusting, but in a lovable way. It sounds like getting our friends together would be an entertaining night. We should do that some time.”
    “Oh, that would be fun! So, how have you been?” she asks, staring at me and waiting for my answer.
    “I’ve been good. I stayed here, of course. When my dad passed, I just couldn’t leave my mom alone, so I went to college here and got a job here. It’s not an extravagant life, but it’s been a good one. I love my job and the people I work with, and now you’re back, so it’s definitely worth it. Damn, M&M, it’s so fucking good to see you. I missed you so much,” I say, looking down at her misted eyes.
    “Pizza and beer. Who wants pizza and beer? Every-fucking-one, that’s who,” Cam says, breaking up our little talk. I guess that’s all for now, but it’s far from over. I want to know everything there is to know about her, what makes her tick, what she loves, even what she hates. I need to see if she’s still the same girl I remember.
     

 
    Chapter Seven
     
    Emma Grace
     
    “Seriously, I was going to sit in my room and let you play catch-up, but it’s boring as hell in there. And Johnny Depp is out here,” Cam says, biting into her pizza and taking up residence on our large chair.
    I’m juggling my plate of pizza and my fresh beer, walking from the kitchen to the living room. Rhett grabs the beer from my hands. “I’ll grab these,” he says with a smile. I smile in return. The ease I feel being with him just falls into place, like the last fifteen years weren’t spent apart.
    “Cam, would you like another beer?” Rhett calls from the fridge.
    “Umm, yeah, that would be great,” she says, examining her half-empty bottle.
    “What kind?”
    “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.”
    The minute the words leave her mouth, I spit my pizza across the living room and fall into a fit of giggles. Cam isn’t far behind me. By the time Rhett makes his way into the living room, I’m lying sideways on the couch, clutching my stomach from the laughter, and Cam is doubled over with silent chuckles, wiping tears from her eyes. He just stands there, staring. I