Matthew walks to my side, but I don't bother hiding the happy smile on my face. The tear that rolls down my cheek because it's not just them. It's the screams from the hills that shoot into my heart, that make me feel so full of adoration and love, and like I finally have a place.
I look up at Matthew. He leans forward to press a light kiss to my lips, which incidentally gets even more shouts.
"I told you," he says to me. "They would love it."
I smile against his lips, his chest purring with absolute delight. I try to go sit down on the seats behind me, but his arm snakes around my waist, holding me next to the podium, his hand resting on my abdomen where my baby bump is forming.
Matthew inclines the microphone towards him, the smile on his face unwavering.
"As petitioned by the entir
