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I shook uess there’s no way the world just happened by itself Soht about that for teeks! Hell, Josie - I don’t understand half of what you say when you talkand I know for dang sure poor Kasey Judd didn’t have a clue most the time either"

I didn’t knohat to say I just sat there with ape

"You said you and Samuel fell in love to Beethoven and Shakespeare That tellshis hands on his knees, looking off into the ain his voice was hoarse with emotion

"What does Samuel do when you talk to him, Josie? What does he say? Does he hear you, the way none of us can?" My father gazed at htAn understanding I’d never given hidown my neck

"The way I see it Josie, is God knows your heart" My dad’s eyes never left mine, and we both wept unabashedly "He took Kasey away for a reason Kasey was not for you You would never have seen that on your own I know you’ve thought God turned his back on you But He’s looked out for you, Josie He’s prepared someone for you who can love every part of you I don’t want you holdin’ back all your life, sharing yourself in doses that people will accept If Sah to take it all, every last dropthen I hope you knohere Samuel is…because I expect you to find hi towards the front door, the e to be too much for him He needed his horses like I needed ‘Ode to Joy’ His hand rested on the handle of the door, and he turned towards ain "You have so it…it’s been there forever It’s scripture, I think…but you changed it a little Somethin’ about what true love is If what you and Kasey had was true love Josie, he wouldn’t want you to stay"

He sighed He’d said what he’d needed to say and was eager for a cessation of conversation "I love you, Josie Don’t stay out here too long You’ve gotta do somethin’ with that cake h the house and out the back door, escaping to the solace of his equine friends

"‘And true love suffereth long, and is kind; true love envieth not; true love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil True love rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; true love beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things True love never faileth…’" I whispered the words to oodbye