Protective Arms (Completed)

Epilogue

Three years later...........

Athena and Zack are still loving each other as they first had. Everyday is a new adventure for them, as their marriage became even more to them after the hard times her case brought to her. They are thankful to this day that a stalker ended up bringing them together unexpectedly pushing her into his arms for the only comfort she could find. Where they found love.

Christy June Gatlin is almost three years old now and keeps them both on their toes. She loves spending time with both of her grandparents on the days her Dad is at work on a case and her Mom has a schedule full of clients. Christy likes to be in the salon with her Mom and Aunts during the lighter days where she has a play section that her Mom bought for all the kids that may come with their moms to get hair done.

Bethany and Brit are officially a couple and have been for a solid year now. Bethany was reluctant to be officially dating again after what had happened with Dason. Brit gently spoke with her through the years and kept the soft touch to help her with her anxieties through it all and is there for her at all times.

Chasity has grown even more and enjoys her days with friends and family. Being an Aunt has been the best she has had and spoils Christy every chance she gets too. Just recently, Chasity has started seeing a local guy in town but not after having her big brother check him out for anything and everything. The guy was understanding and loved that Chasity was so forth coming and knew what she wanted.

Molly still lives in the apartment and is more than happy being in the salon with her cousin and friends. After some talking with everyone around her, Molly got tattoos placed to hide the scares that licked her body from the trauma and has helped her coop with everything since. Molly ended up falling for the young tattoo artist and they have been slowly getting closer the last few months.

Crystal and Gabe are more than happy to be living in town with their daughter. They will forever be grateful for working through their issues and finally having a connection with Athena. Neither of them could be prouder of the life their daughter has formed. Many days that they are not watching their granddaughter, they are out with Carol and Sam doing things within the town to help the community.

Zack and Athena still spend every evening after work together with their daughter. One day they hope to have another little one running around, but let nature take it's course once more. Both figure after the second child they won't have anymore. It is a thing in their house that no matter how busy they may be at least one night or more must be a family movie night.

Every night Zack holds Athena close to where she knows how safe she is in his arms. He never fails to be there for her in however she may need and all the time his Precious doesn't know how many times she has helped him through something hard. Athena can simply smile or laugh and it helps Zack more than anything in the world.

These two came together in an extremely hard time, but found love and it took off from there. Given a stalker out for her, parents at the time that didn't talk with her, none of that accounted for all the happiness they found in each other.

Together family was brought together and love just bloomed even more. Their love shows each time they look at each other and have to always have each others touch when together.

It all started because Athena knew she was safe in Zack's Protective Arms.

Thank you to everyone who has read through to the end! Truly hope you enjoyed the story through!