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I took a deep breath and nodded She hadn’t iotten him into trouble with me His overprotectiveness combined with my stubborn independence had made a near-lethal combination for our relationship I wondered if we could learn fros Or were those shortcos so inherent to our characters that ere doole onhand over uy And I don’t just say that because he’s family I know you two have had a rocky road And I know that this is probably putting a strain on that, but you knohat? I’ve never seen him happier, Mia, than since he’s been with you You tere clearly meant for each other"

I’d believed that too, once I cleared my throat of the prickly tears that unexpectedly rose up It was so frustrating I was always shamefully close to tears and had been foras if I was still pregnant I bentelse so I wouldn’t make a fool out of myself in front of her

"I don’t want to lose hiry with myself the moment they were out of my mouth On some level, I almost felt like I deserved to lose him

"You don’t have to worry about that and I think he’d be upset to find out that you were I think he’d rather you concentrate on getting better"

He’d said as ain

"In fact, you should make that your birthday present to hi on it And since I have no idea what to get hiood an idea as any"

She leaned forward and gave hted with that Not just hiive that to all of the it as any other disease, like diabetes or polio or even the flu It happened Shit happened And even though the feelings of unworthiness for all ofthat this hadn’t happened to me because I’d been unworthy or hadn’t deserved to be healthy

The blas still sat squarely onaway and rateful

Chapter Twenty-Four

Ada paperwork and going over some details on our pet project when he finally stopped, sat back and rubbed his eyes "Heard you had a scare the other day She looks like she’s doing a lot better now"

"She is, thanks"

"What’s with the dance lessons? Trying to keep herthe back of my neck "Actually it has to do with her bucket list"

Jordan looked surprised "She htenedvery well at all I think she thought she wasn’t going to ht be sos"