He lifted his glass as the room echoed, ‘Your wife.’
‘And now to Rosa.’ Rosa gave a little wave from the back of the café. ‘A beautiful soul, whose kindness, love and generosity has not only seen us celebrate in such a marvellous fashion today but who has gifted us a shop and a home and ensured a bright future ahead for all of my family. If diamonds were people, then she would without a doubt be a priceless one.’
He lifted his glass as the room roared its response.
‘To Rosa!’
EPILOGUE
Six months later
Titch poked her head around the hospital curtain. ‘Knock, knock, can I come in?’
Rosa smiled back at her; she had never looked more serene or beautiful than when holding her first child in her arms.
Josh stood proudly beside her. ‘We’d like to introduce you to Benedict Christopher Smith,’ he said, a huge grin spreading across his face on saying his baby son’s name out loud.
Titch’s eyes filled with tears. She kissed first Rosa, then Josh, and on looking closely at the dark-haired bundle of joy before her, lightly kissed him. ‘He’s perfect.’
Rosa, too, was welling up. ‘Benedict was Ned’s full name,’ she explained, ‘and I couldn’t not add Christopher, could I?’
‘Very posh. Oh, and one more thing.’ Titch grinned. ‘You do realise what all this means now, don’t you? You are officially inaugurated into the “No telling anyone anything bad about it” Parents’ Club.’
Rosa looked down at the dear little boy sleeping soundly in her arms, then to her handsome husband standing by her side and said quietly, ‘And there’s nowhere that I would rather be.’
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