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Her mother took a moment to soak in the information and was about to ask another question when Sayou should know I care about your daughter a great deal, Mrs Prudho to change the way I feel about Beth"

"Nor is it going to change the way I feel about Sam," Beth said, in order toto get the picture here," her htfully

"I hope you do, Moed forward "I was afraid so like what?" Beth challenged

Her mother shook her head "Never mind"

And that was exactly what Beth intended to do

Chapter 13

Sam

Early on, Rocco had warned Sa her ht well be in over his head with this woman He’d h to last him a lifetime He loved the fierce way Beth stood up to the wo him at every turn Shedown in any way, shape, or for her own life Saressed, Sam discovered he wanted to kiss her more than he wanted to breathe Every time she was in his arms and his lips were on hers was better than the tiined His feelings for her intensified each day until she was all he thought about He’d heard about besotted men alked around with their heads in the clouds He re that way He never thought it would happen to him, and yet here he was, every bit as dopey as his friend had been

Sa hiood time in their relationship It looked like the two of theht have Rocco had been drowning his sorrows in beer and startedhis friend had forgotten he was even there Roccothe earth rinned, a He wasn’t s now That was exactly how he felt when he kissed Beth There’d been a quake, all right One that registered high on the Richter scale It felt like the floor beneath his feet had started to heave and buckle and all they’d done was kiss He couldn’t begin to ione any further

Nichole was right to be concerned She ht have introduced Beth to him, but apparently now she had doubts, and frankly, Sa emotionally involved with him wasn’t the best option for Beth She was refinement and innocence, educated and smart He was none of that

And yet … Sam found he was addicted to her the way a heroin addict needed a fix He couldn’t go twenty-four hours without seeing her At the end of the workday, he rushed out of the garage and was hoe clothes The one exception was his poker night, and even then Sa his Beth fix

Thankfully, Beth’s recovery was co remained difficult for her Within a short amount of time she’d advanced froether, and then it was off to the piano He loved their jaotten so the staff and half the residents of the rehab center came to listen in