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“Hey,” Sa in the doorway

“Hey”

“What are you doing?” she asked, lanced down at the box, then back up at her “I don’t want to leave the open one of the flaps to peer inside She squatted down on her haunches beside the box and looked up at hi at her at the moment

“These are your pictures of Beth”

Yeah, they were And they’d been sitting in that box for the last week, ever since he hadafter their night together at Devotion when they’d checked out that swing for the second time that they had decided to take their relationship to the next level And thatthe way, Sam had found a house Well, erously close to her own After a lot of discussion, Logan had finally told them he was ready to move He was quite impressed with the house they’d looked at and he liked the concept of it becoan’s Not Saan had felt it best to start anew

So, they’d bought the house Granted, the deed was in Logan’s and Sam’s names, but there was a contract that reflected Elijah’s partial ownership

And now they had a house With two coan were in one, Elijah in the other, although there were plenty of nights when Sam would join him in his bed Soht

And of course, there was a third room which they’d turned into a playroo sized bed That way, they could all sleep in the saet the swing

So yes, this new house – new to them anyway – was the perfect setup At least it had been for the last week, since they officially

“I was thinking…” Sa Elijah’s attention back to her “We kind of set aside a place for these pictures If you don’t want theht you’d want to show them off Beth’s a part of you; therefore, she’s a part of us”

Elijah just stared back at Sam, unsure what to say

“Co one of the pictures from the box When she took his hand, he relented and pushed to his feet

He followed her into the living roo television When they walked in, he grabbed the remote and shut it off Sa bookshelves that lined one hile Logan came to his feet The bookshelf was already filled with books, but there were several shelves that had been decorated with vases and trinkets, and yes, picture fra, sorandfather and pictures of Luke, Sierra, Cole and Hannah He noticed a recent one of the three of them, taken by Sierra when they’d come to look at the house for the very first time There were also several empty spaces, and Sam set Beth’s picture in one of the spots

“I made room for all of them,” she told him now

Elijah didn’t knohat to say Sam must’ve realized he was a little choked up because she walked right up to him and wrapped her arms around his waist Elijah buried his face in her neck, holding onto her just as tightly

Logan’s hand rested on his shoulder again Elijah had learned that was Logan’s way of showing his support Just a show of solidarity, letting him know that he was there

“Thank you, Sahis head and cupping her face in his hands “Thank you for loving lanced between the two of them “Sometimes it takes more than one person to complete us I’ve realized that now The people who come into our lives affect us; they ht h her, you learned what love is And because of theet to share a little bit of that love with each other”

Elijah stared into Sam’s eyes; the emotion he saw there stole his breath “It’s more than a little, Sam Definitely more than a little”