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I don’t speak No need to I let her words sink in and, for the first tie of what I’ve overcoht?

"I’ll let that sih and leaves the rooabout Emmy as my wife When they said it earlier, I didn’t do shit to correct the down the aisle towards me, her body covered in white lace, her eyes full of love, and that heart-stopping s tofor uish the fire if I just allowed myself a second to believe--to flicker a few tilow

We’re going to get past this She is going to get past this, and I vow to never let a day go by without joining the fight she’s been warring on her own for us

I’ll stand by her side until I’er wanted--and then, if that day ever comes, I’ll throw her over my shoulder and carry her the rest of the way

This is my second chance The ti blessed with her love could bring me

Chapter 23--Maddox

I make the only phone call I need to make to ensure that everyone else is notified By the tih toto cli before the officers fro to findmy cell number switched and a replace that they’ll need to get ahold of me and ive him the only information I have--that she was stable e arrived

I’ve just dropped the phone down onto the base when the door opens and Tracey walks back in She gives et some information on your wife? We can wait for the insurance stuff if you don’t have it on you, but they need to know soeneral information"

I nod but don’tsoo over the basic infor about her so clinically ismy skin itch I need to see her I have to see her

"Do you know anything?" I question hopefully

She looks over her shoulder at the door, I assu to decide if she should tell me what she knows "When Dr Moss comes in, let’s pretend we didn’t have this conversation I snuck into the exaned She had x-rays on her ar Last I heard, they had set and stabilized both and will cast the to be okay"

"Jesus," I pray "Anything else? Extent of her other injuries?" My eyes wildly scan her face and et to her

"I’m sorry," she says and stands "It shouldn’t be Should I be soet toarea There’s a separate room for family that we can have you settle in They will be able to find you there"

It takes The pain is better now that I had the tiet off it Not a hundred percent, but an i area’ isn’t small, but once everyone arrives, it will be I walk over to the s, stuffing my hands into my pockets, and try to reason with e to start bulldozinguntil I’ her for what she is--their blessing--are restless without her soothing soul