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So far she had coe said

There was the te for hi as much as she was But honesty won out over a lie

"No" She looked across at him "I’m not"

"Me neither"

"I love you"

"I love you, too"

And that was the best and only foot forward there asn’t it: The siet through this together, a reaffir into the joy of having Bitty in their lives, they would likewise go through the pain of losing her side by side

Together, they got out and shut the doors, and Mary lifted up the fleece she earing and retucked her turtleneck into her waistband As if so at all

Hell, Ruhn didn’t have to like the thehter away--

Mary stopped herself right there on that one

As Rhage held open the back kitchen door, she walked in and really, that was simply not the case And in a classic head-wins-over-the-heart situation, reality wasn’t going to vote with e for thee had done such a nuht now"

"Okay," Mary said

When Rhage faltered, she took his big hand "We’re ready when he is"

Vishous nodded and got to his feet "I’ll co … which Rhage spent prowling around fros of potato chips, boxes of cookies, loaves of bread, jars of pickles He always ended up putting whatever it was back after an inspection, as if he wanted to nervous-eat, but his sto

Or even tolerable

After God only kne long, V put his head in through the flap door across the way "They’re ready"

Talk about the longest walk of her life As she and Rhage went past the pantry, and out into the foyer, and then around the base of the stairs and down a little hall, it seeood with that