Crazy about Cameron: The Winslow Brothers #3(66)

“But when we realized how much he loved our sister,” said Preston, glancing lovingly at his wife, Hollywood star Elise Klassan-Winslow, “we knew better than to get in the way.”

“Because,” said Brooks, smiling with emotion at his little sister, “as Jessica will be the first to tell you, when someone loves you, the best thing you can do is give yourself permission to love them back.”

Thank you, mouthed Brooks to Jessica, who wiped away a tear and mouthed, I love you, to her oldest brother.

“And if you don’t give yourself permission,” said Preston, grinning at Jessica, “one day you just might thank God that you have a little sister who will browbeat you into it.”

Jessica giggled through her tears and shook her head at Preston, who mouthed, I love you, Jess.

“We Winslows have often been called the Wild Winslows, and you know what? I guess that’s true. We love wildly, don’t we?” Brooks looked pointedly at Preston, then Jessica, then Cameron. “Just ask my brother Cameron, who asked Margaret Story to marry him last weekend.”

There was a round of raucous applause and glass banging, and Cameron turned to Margaret and kissed her upturned, smiling lips to appease the well-wishers.

“When we actually get our heads out of our asses and see what’s right in front of us, we Winslows love forever,” added Preston, winking at Christopher, the only unattached Winslow, who rolled his eyes good-naturedly.

“As you all know, my fiancée, Skye, is expecting our first child this spring,” said Brooks.

“And as none of you know, my wife, Elise, is expecting our first child a few weeks later,” added Preston, grinning down at her with a twinkle in his eye.

A loud communal gasp was followed by another round of applause. Jessica jumped up and covered her mouth with her hands in a reaction of utter glee. “Pres!”

He laughed softly as he reached for Elise’s hand and pulled her up beside him. “It’s true.”

Alex stood up beside Jessica, and Skye joined Brooks, the three Winslows and their loves raising their glasses together.

“To this generation of Winslows, who are slowly finding their way to happily ever after!” said Brooks.

“And to the next,” said Preston, “with a fervent wish that it won’t be as damned hard!”

A loud cheer went up as the guests clinked their glasses together, and Jessica rushed to Preston and Elise to congratulate them on their good news.

Margaret turned to Cameron, who sighed happily and said, “I’m going to be an uncle. Twice!”

She nodded. “Do you know what?”

“No,” he said, swallowing a gulp of Champagne before putting his glass back on the table. “Tell me.”

“Well, I was sort of thinking that maybe we should change the name of the vineyard.”

“From The Five Sisters?” he asked, wrinkling his nose. “To what? We found each other here. We fell in love here. I love the name.”

“Me too,” she said, looking across the table at Jessica, who had her palm gently against Elise’s still-flat belly. “But I just think The Three Cousins has such a nice ring to it.”

“The Three . . .”

She met her fiancé’s shocked, hopeful eyes as he tried to make sense of her words.

“Wait a second! Meggie. Are you saying . . . do you mean you’re . . . we’re . . .?”

She nodded, taking his hand and flattening his palm on her own belly as she smiled up at him tenderly.

“. . . having a baby too.”

“You’re sure?”

“I’m sure.”

“God,” he whispered. His eyes glittered in the candlelight. “God, I love you.”

“I love you too,” she said, letting herself be drawn into the strong, protective warmth of his arms.

Laying her cheek on Cameron’s shoulder, she watched as the Englishes and Winslows celebrated Alex and Jessica, and she knew that whatever heartache she’d experienced in her birth family would be righted by the family she’d chosen. She and Cameron would, as he’d promised, build a beautiful future. And looking over at the nearby table that held her beloved sisters—Alice, Elizabeth, Priscilla, and Jane—she made herself a promise that, no matter what happened with her father, there would always be enough love, and enough room, for everyone.



THE END





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