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I knew that if I told the boys there’s no way they wouldn’t tell Royal Just the thought of hi it in a voicemail breaks my heart He needs to be here He needs to see her with his own eyes

This little angel is life changing As much as it hurts me not to have Royal here, I need him to cohter’s life, whether that includeson in his head Only he can choose to let go

I just don’t knohier I can have hope that ill be together again There has to be a time that I allow myself to move on with my life

"One more month," I whisper to myself "Just one more month"

The tears fall harder, because honestlyI’ve been saying the sa for the last four months now Those words haven’t done shit to irls! I’h the kitchen, still dressed in his uniform, and kisses Kylie on the forehead "Is this forto eat her food

I quickly wipe my face off on my shirt, before he has a chance to look atthe food out of the oven now" I walk over to the oven and pull out the lasagna "Hoork?"

He stops teasing Kylie long enough to pull out the chair beside her "Unfortunately, it’s not over yet So lots of the convenience stores around town Been getting a new call about those kids about every hour Let’s just say they’re lucky they can run fast"

"Gotcha," I say with a laugh "Heyjust look at it his way: old men need exercise too Don’t be toolady" He turns to Kylie and pokes her nose "Uncle Mark isn’t old Right, baby girl?"

She shakes her head and then points at me, as if to say that I’ out a chair, I take a seat across fro my plate

"Any word fromyou know"

I shake my head, but keep my eyes on my plate, afraid to let Mark see howEven the boys are starting to worry about hi it one bit" I look up fro happened to him?"

Mark shakes his head and forces a smile "NahRoyal can hold his own Nothi in trouble with the law than anything else"

"Yeah, I suppose"