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"You love it" I made sure I didn’t have her lipstick all over my face and walked out of the bathroo her eyes "I love you--it is just one of the side benefits"

I chuckled and helped her into her long coat It was the middle of Deceed just as fast as the Colorado weather The new shop was a raging success The store was generating steady inco to convince Nash to hire soe that branch of the business The grand opening of the store has been a ed different art installations that turned the store into an eclectic gallery showcase It was opening doors to new custo and art in the sa all of us a whole lot ofaround the idea of opening a third store in either Boulder or Colorado Springs the following year Salem had turned the Marked into its own little tattoo eht ere headed to the Bar for a combined baby shower–farewell party Shaas due at the end of January and Jet and Ayden wereafter the first of the year It was a bittersweet celebration and there were bound to be tears of sorrow and happiness Life just keptforward and everyone had to find the path they were o, I knehat was best for him and his wife Jet deserved to be happy and the only way for him to do that was to be with Ayden as much as he possibly could Besides, with a baby on the way and a wedding lurking on the horizon, it wasn’t like Ayden and Jet were going to be strangers They would be back often and they would always be welcoot there Roht but that didn’t mean the place wasn’t filled to the briood-bye and welcome the newest addition to our crazy fah the door because ere obviously the last to show There was nothe way Asa winked at ave ave her an incorrigible grin She wacked lided away on those sky-high heels that were part of the temptation that made us late to start with

Jet walked over and handed ainst the top of the one he held in his hand

"Gonna miss you, dude"

He nodded as atched both of our ladies hug That was a lot of dark-haired beauty to take in

"I know You’ll come to Austin" It wasn’t a question and it didn’t need to be I would go to Austin to visit

"You know it"

"I would have been worried about you if Salelad you have her"

She threw her head back and laughed at so Saint said to her and reached out to put her hand on Poppy’s arroup where the girls had gathered

I was going to say soainst the sink not even twentytowardwith Asa He had been working on her house for the last month and every time we talked he dropped none-too-subtle hints that he would like to nailfloorboards I wasn’t sure how I felt about that yet or if I was even allowed to have an opinion, so I just watched hi in uys and was really lucky when Phil brought ed" I pointed at Salem with the top of ht ue across her bottom lip It ain I looked back atuntil she found rin as Shaaddled with her big belly to where Ayden was so they could hold on to each other They were both crying and blubbering all over each other and as girlie and eirls really loved one another and both of their lives were about to change inwith Roether They were talking in quiet tones as Cora sat next to the Rey, babbling away betords and not quite words, and looked like she was ready to get up and go at just tento walk just a little bit, so Ro Cora to let her down, butto crawl around in whatever ht be on the bar floor Rome acted insulted, like the bar was spotless, but when he took little RJ from her mom he didn’t put her down either He just bounced the little bundle up and down on his leg until she squealed in delight

Rule shook his head, probably because it was his future playing right out in front of hinant wife She was still crying when he got to her, so he pulled her into a tight hug and rested his cheek on the top of her fair head Jet didn’t say anything but silently leftlady and offer whatever coht, tears of happiness and sorrow

I putto irl when I saw Saint suddenly pull away froroup with her phone to her ear She had to leave early on more than one occasion because of work, so I hoped the hospital wasn’t calling to ruin her evening She was talking rapidly and I saw her gaze shoot up to Nash where he was talking with Cora’s dad He immediately stopped midsentence and found his way over to the pretty redhead’s side

I frowned in concern as they both shared a frowning look as Saint continued to talk ani was all right when a light hand touched my elbow I looked down and set her coain, so the fact she was okay with person-on-person contact was a giant leap in the right direction