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Detective Greenwood nods.“Yes,” he says.“Dropped, your record will be clean and it’ll be business as usual for you,” he adds.

I smile, reaching out to shake his hand.“Thank you,” I tell him.“I appreciate it.”

He smiles back at me now and it actually feels genuine.“I know this can’t have been easy for you, Finn,” he says.“But I appreciate you letting me do my job.”

It’s late by the time we are done and after heading back to my house to drop off our things, we then head over to Pop’s house for our weekly family dinner.

“I like this,” Sarah says as we pull into the drive.

“What?”I ask, turning to look at her.

She gestures toward the house.“Spending time with your family.”

I smile as I reach over and take her hand in mine.“Think I might get to meet your family sometime?”I ask, lifting her hand to my mouth.“The rest of them I mean.”

Sarah stares back at me, a small smile on her face.Eventually she nods.“Yeah,” she says.“I’d like that.And the good thing for you, they aren’t all shitheads like my brother,” she adds.

I burst out laughing as we get out of the car.“He’s not that bad,” I say, grinning across at her.

Her smile widens.“I’ll remind you of this next time he does something to piss you off.”

Dinner with Beck, Kelsey and Pop is a night filled with laughter and easy conversation, the mood definitely lighter now all of the drama is finally over.We fill them in on how Sarah is quitting her job, setting up her own business and moving in with me.How she might tend bar a few nights while she’s setting up her business, but that she hasn’t told Erin or Ryan yet.

Beck and Kelsey share a secret smile when we tell them this and when I ask what that was for, Beck only smiles and says, “Nothing.”

Afterward, we go back to my place and while Sarah still hasn’t officially moved in, what with a lot of her stuff still being over at Erin and Ryan’s, we still use the opportunity to celebrate.

Later, after she’s fallen asleep, I lie awake, staring up at the ceiling as I once again find myself unable to sleep.

This time though, it’s for very different reasons, a lot of which have to do with the woman lying beside me.I can’t help but smile at how much my life has changed these past few months.How much better it is and how much more at peace I feel.

Shaking my head at how sentimental I’ve suddenly become, I roll over and pull Sarah into my arms.She sighs in her sleep, settling herself against me, our warm bodies pressed together.

And for the first time in a really long time, I find myself exhaling a long deep breath before I close my eyes and fall asleep.

Chapter Thirty-Three

Sarah

I take in a deep breath before I open the door to Erin and Ryan’s house because I’m about to walk in and tell Ryan I’m quitting my job.But that isn’t what’s causing me the most anxiety.I’m also about to drop the bomb on him that I’m moving in with Finn.

He’s going to tell me it’s too soon, and if we’re being honest here, it is too soon.We’ve only been officially together for a few months; three months if we’re being exact.

I’ve never felt this way about anyone; that whole heart-fluttering, stomach flip-flopping, want to be near him always thing.

It’s what people look for, search for all their lives and I found it in Finn.There’s no reason to question how I feel about him.It’s the response from Ryan and his overprotective ass that I worry about.

Finn asked if I wanted him to come with me, but I don’t need to give Ryan a reason to hate Finn all over again.

Erin’s at work and when I walk in Ryan is unloading the dishwasher, some music playing quietly.

“Hey, Ry,” I call, even though my line of sight from the front door to the kitchen is pretty good.

“Sarah,” he says, setting a glass down on the counter, “Shit, you’re a sight for sore eyes.”

I just saw him the other day when everything went down with Andrew, but I haven’t had a chance to catch up with him since dealing with Carla.

He pulls me into a hug and I squeeze him hard, knowing there could’ve been a chance that I wouldn’t be standing here right now.