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Until Anna

She was the strong one, the woive birth to their children, the wo stupid soh to face down an entire stadiuht she was crazy for still loving hile day

She stood in front of hily, in hers, and he knew she’d wait patiently for as long as it took hiet to his feet

But that wasn’t where he was trying to go Instead, he shifted again so that one of his knees was still on the ground, but his other foot was holding the rest of his weight

Her eyes ide as she realized what he was about to do And then the woht for him from the first hed

"Only you would stage so like this, Cole," she said when she looked back at hi until now

He knehat she was doing, knew that she was giving hi with his heart

He looked up, saw the screens all around the stadiuht on him and Anna, the crowd of hty thousand people held their collective breath

"I love you, Anna" Each word cost hih his ribs "I’ve loved you froirl with the halo"

One tear fell down her cheek, and then another on the opposite side

"Will you make me the happiest ain? For real this tih he suspected there was quite a bit of lip-reading going on Just like everyone else, he held his breath waiting for her answer