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She’d loved seeing how close Jack was to his brothers And despite the differences and the disagreee must have had over the years, it was clear that they’d do anything for one another What’s ht she’d felt as if he’d welcomed her into his family without any reservations whatsoever…whereas she’d been so afraid to let him do more than kiss her

"They’re all so proud of you" Every ti dinner, his family had been extremely supportive and excited

"My brothers have all been really successful with their careers, but they never tried to get ured ifout, they knew I could come to them for help"

"That’s why you never needed to," she marveled, "because you really did know they’d always be there for you No ht that, too, aboutwith self-pity, she tried to brush away her coirl when it’s been long enough for otten over it by now"

Jack squeezed her hand "We all want our fa"

"Why aren’t you married already, Jack?"

Mary gave a slightly eh She hadn’tsuch sweet things, she simply couldn’t understand why he hasn’t already been snapped up

"That didn’t coot two great exaes between your parents and your brother, but, at this point,away as fast as they could fro that happened when she was a teenager"

"Even though I can see thatreally special with each other, it never occurred to me to look for a wife or to start a family Not ork always ca has to be right--otherwise you could end up losing the woman you’re supposed to be with, like Max almost did"

"You knohat?" Jack stroked his thu to do with the cool night air "I don’t think bad ti is the entire answer anymore"

Her senses came completely alive as she asked, "It isn’t?"