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The sight of the he couldn’t breathe for aabout you with yourlost," he said "Lost to all of us and she’s right here"

Her eyes held a well of e me stories about you," she said "Good stories Stories that madeher face up to his

She stared into his eyes and then dropped her gaze to hison her own Unable to stop himself, he bent his head and brushed his lips over hers "Made you what?" he asked again

"You knohat," she whispered, clinging to hi him look like some damn hero when he wasn’t Not even close "You can’t believe everything she says," he res mixed up"

Bailey shook her head "No She never gets mixed up on how much she loves her boys You’re her life, Hud She’s quite clear on that And I’ at me--" She broke off when her phone buzzed

She turned away slightly to answer the call and he thought about what she said He was so was couldn’t be easily defined

Unsettled?

Yeah, that was it She was visiting his otten intimate?

After you stripped her naked and licked her up and down like a lollipop…

The memory of each and every tiht in his brain, and he spent way tooout the hts of the way she opened up to hi she had And she did so with a heart-stopping generosity and vulnerability that slayed him even now

Still, by her own decree, those tis attached He was dah that she wasn’t finished with hiet from her

Bailey disconnected her call and slid her phone away There was an odd stillness to her and her shoulders see out, he turned her to him

She was pale, too pale, and her eyes shimmered brilliantly from unshed tears His heart dropped to his toes "What is it?"

She shook her head and tried to turn away again but he held her fir a shuddery inhale, she pressed her fingers to her mouth "I’m still clear," she whispered "I had all those tests last Friday and the results are still clear It was a ht months On top of the first three months this makes six I’m done with chemo, radiation, all of it Really done"

At the words, a knot loosened in his chest, one he hadn’t even realized he’d had "That’s the best news I’ve had in a long tied into hi her ar her face into his chest with a shudder In return he closed his eyes and just held her, absorbing the overwhel, war to stay okay

That’s when he realized she was trehtly to look into her face

She shook her head "Don’t ask , I just--" She shook her head again "The call came from my moave the e to my iven per ood news, it’s great news, but htly, already not liking as co next If that wo to have to strangle her