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Travis’s sive her the postcare instructions, smart-ass"

"I’ll have a printout of instructions and some A and D ointment at the counter," Griffin said, a to the elegant script on my skin We were married I was a Maddox, just like all of those wonderful ry, crazy, lovable ed todown at his ring finger "We did it, baby I still can’t believe you’re my wife"

"Believe it" I beamed

I reached out to Travis, pointed to his pocket, and then turnedmy palm He handed me my phone, and I pulled up the camera to snap a picture of my fresh ink Travis helped ht side I was sensitive to every ainst my raw skin

After a short stop at the front counter, Travis let go of h to push the door open forcab My cell phone rang again Auilt trip thick, isn’t she?" Travis said, watching me silence ue-lashing

"She’ll pout for twenty-four hours after she sees the pictures--then she’ll get over it"

"Are you sure about that, Mrs Maddox?"

I chuckled "Are you ever going to stop calling me that? You’ve said it a hundred times since we left the chapel"

He shook his head as he held the cab door open foryou that when it sinks in that this is real"

"Oh, it’s real all right I have wedding night memories to prove it" I slid to the middle and then watched as he slid in next tohis nose up the sensitive skin of my neck until he reached my ear "We sure do"

CHAPTER ELEVEN

The Road Hoas pass by herJust the sight of her made me want to touch her, and now that she wasvery hard not toit cool used to beShepley

Unable to stop er "I saw pictures of ht Mom was the most beautiful bride I’d ever see Then I saw you at the chapel, and I changed , intertwined her fingers in s like that, Travis, it ain" She nuzzled up against me, and then kissed my cheek "I wish I could have known her"

"Me, too" I paused, wondering if I should say the thought that was in my head "What about yourinto reat before we ot worse She just checked out If I hadn’t met America, I would have been alone"

She was already inmy wife’s sixteen-year-old self, too And her childhood self, for that matter There was so much that had happened to her that I couldn’t protect her from

"II know it’s not true, but Mick told me so many times that I ruined him Both of them I have this irrational fear that I’ll do the sa her hair

"It’s weird though, right? That when I started playing, his luck went south He said I took his luck Like I had that power over hi eirl"

The hurt in her eyes caused a familiar fire to come over me, but I quickly doused the fla Abby hurt would everless than a little crazy, but she didn’t need a hotheaded boyfriend She needed an understanding husband "If he had any fucking sense, he would have made you his lucky chare You’re thewoman I know"

She picked at her nails "He didn’t want me to be his luck"

"You could be ht now"

She playfully elbowed me in the ribs "Let’s just keep it that way"

"I have not a single doubt that ill You don’t know it yet, but you just savedsparked in Abby’s eyes, and she pressed her cheek against my shoulder "I hope so"

Abby

Travis hugged h for us to move forward We weren’t the only overly affectionate couple waiting in line at the check-in counter It was the end of spring break, and the airport was packed

Once we got our boarding passes, we h security When we finally reached the front of the line, Travis kept setting off the detector, so the TSA agent ly coh security and sat on a nearby bench to put on our shoes, Travis grumbled a few inaudible sords, and then relaxed