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Chapter One
"All I’ve ever wanted for you is true love, Cole And fa Butsoenia Taylor’s hand was sile worandmother She’d been his mother and father too, after his parents had died when he was five
He couldn’t believe she was dying Refused to believe it, even after a long--and painful
--talk with her doctor
Stage four ently stroked the soft skin on the back of his grand He’d spent the past ten years as alike hell for his tea any and every hit that carand her under, wanted to protect her the way she’d always protected hirand to comfort her, he said, "Don’t worry about ood boy, Cole You’ve always been a good boy, even though I know you’re no saint"
Jesus, if his grandroupies when he was on the road with the tea your wild oats I’ve been waiting for you to find a wo" She shook her head "Promise me you’ll find her, honey Promise me you’ll find her soon"
The lu he could barely s past it Without thinking it through, without even really knohat he was about to declare, he said, "I’ve already found her, Grandrandmother’s face lit up and for a ot sick If only he’d had randmother’s illness--if only she’d been to the doctor before last week
If only he’d spent randmother and less ti, then ns earlier Back when there was still so the doctors could do to cure her
"Oh honey, that’s wonderful Why didn’t you tell me about her before now?"
Oh crap He should back out now, ad out about losing her and had told the lie because he didn’t want her to be disappointed in hi the last chick flick he’d been forced to sit through, he said, "She wanted to take it slow, even though she kno randh hih hi her here, Cole I want to meet the woman who has stolen my baby’s heart"
Cole lied when he needed to, but not to his grandmother Never to her All he’d wanted was to make her feel better Clearly, she wanted a wife and children for hi at this point
Nohat could he say? He sure as hell wasn’t going to bring one of the worandirls
Still, so her tomorrow," came out of his mouth, if only because he kne happy they wouldat hiainst the pillows