April, 2022
"Look out for yourself too okay, not only for the other people"
Ronan chuckles pulling me in for a hug. "I will, but I can't promise anything." He says.
"If you don't look out for yourself, how will you help the others huh?" i ask, staring at him.
"Fine, fine you have a point" He smiles.
"My turn" Grace says, trying to get up from the chair, and Ronan walks over to help her.
"You look like you're going to explode any minute now." Ronan says and Grace slaps his arm, laughing.
"I can't even hug you" she says and they try to hug each other. Their mother with already tears in her eyes, his dad just a bit behind with his now wife.
It's the first time I'm meeting them. In the airport, and they both seem such nice people. They look... expensive, as Olivia would say.
Her in probably Chanel black pant suit, that fits her well, and Ronan's dad in his suit and tie.
I couldn't even imagine what it must be like saying goodbye to your son, after deciding to get recruited in a war.
"Hey, mom I'll be back before you even know it" Ronan says and the image, only brings tears in my eyes.
Ronan hugs his mother, Sophia first, and then his dad, Ernest.
I just stand there and watch them. It's like those pictures that come straight out of a movie, or a picture you imagine while reading a book and you can't help but get emotional.
The goodbyes you read about and you cry but when it happens in reality it feels..different. Weird different.
"I'm proud of you, son" Ernest says and they do their man hand shakes.
Ronan turns to me, and i furrow my eyebrows when he walks to me.
"Hey, before i go" he gets something from his bag, a what looks like an envelope. "I want you to read this"
A letter?
"I want you to read it when i'm gone. And please, keep writing to me. It'll keep me sane" he smiles and i stare in his eyes before looking at the letter.
"I will" i smile. "I promise" i say and the next moment he's gone.
* * *
"I'll go out buy some stuff and be back" James announces, before kissing my lips.
"Can you get food for Willow too? We ran out of it" i ask and is as if Willow listened it's about her, she makes her cute purring sounds, jumping on the couch with me.
"Of course , i wont be late." He says, getting his keys and out of the door.
I get up from the couch, and search my purse from this morning.
I get the letter and back on the couch.
I sigh.
"Let's do this, Willow"
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Love, Cecelia
RomanceWhen Cecelia Collins agrees to go on a blind date with Ronan Elwood, only to find out they met before, she doesn't except to fall for him that soon. What happens when she finds out that he's leaving soon? What happens when her childhood love comes...
