It was a long hot
summer in New York but by the first of September, Mack had graduated
and was on the train heading home. The railroad station was
overflowing with Mackenzies and Burkes. Mack looked through the
crowd and was disappointed that Maddie wasn't among the welcomers.
Everyone else looked wonderful to him and he knew from then on Camden
Corners would always be his home.
Maddie was busy
working in the the Candy Shop. She finally confided in her mother
about the hurtful incident between Mack and her before he left for
New York City.
Nadine and Fiona
had suspected Mack and Maddie had feelings for each other and were
both too stubborn to admit it. Fiona finally had a chance to talk
with her son alone and encouraged him to pay a visit to Maddie.
Mack found himself
strolling passed the candy shop trying to catch a glimpse of Maddie.
Maddie pretended she hadn't seen him the first five or six times he
walked by.
“I must put an
end to this. Maddie said aloud, “I can't spend the next 40 years
not looking up when he walks by. “
She went to the
doorway waiting for him to walk by again and called out. “Welcome
Home, Mack”.
Mack's face turned
red as a beet. She looked wonderful to him. Was she always this
pretty? He told her how sorry he was for the way he spoke to her
months ago.
Maddie smiled and
told him she knew he didn't mean it and what are friends for if you
can't let off a little steam once in awhile.
Mack gingerly
walked towards her and gave her a hug. Did she always feel this
good?
They talked about
their experiences in New York and how foolish it was that they didn't
get together the whole time they were there. They talked about
O'Reilly's Pub and made plans to visit there again someday.
Maybe it was that
day or maybe it happened years ago but Mack and Maddie finally
realized they were no longer just friends.
They were married
the following Sunday in the little Hilltop Chapel keeping up the
tradition that their grandparents, the Burkes and the Mackenzies
started many years ago.
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