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Tell stood and picked her up like she was a child, cradling her to his chest “It’s okay I’m here”

She melted into him, with a whispered, “Thank you”

“You’re breakin’ my heart, sweetness What can I do?”

“Takehe could wrap her in cotton batting and keep her safe from all the hurt the world inflicted He rubbed his lips over her crown, breathing in the scent of her,assurances he’d be there for her, noto hi caused the hair on the back of his neck stand up He turned and saw an older nized as Georgia’s father

Tell started in that direction, but theTell should continue as he was, tending to the weeping woiven the strained relationship Georgia had with her father

“Where to?”

“Your place”

Such a surprise that she preferred his crappy trailer to her house in town Wait Did she consider his place…ho herself against his side so no space re music from the radio fill the silence on the drive to house

Once they were inside his trailer, he noticed her cradling her ar about ainst it”

He frowned “When did you get a tat?”

“Before I went to the cemetery It’s a et what he meant to me”

Oh Sweetness You are such a beautiful woman Inside and out “Does it hurt?”

“A little” She blew out a long breath “Okay It hurt a lot I cried while she was doing it I cried when she finished”

“Maybe the tears weren’t only from the pain of the needle?” he ain “No How did you know?”

He just stared at her

“I’htless of et I’m not the only one in the world who’s lost a brother”

“But you’re the only one who’s lost your brother,” Tell said gently

Georgia touched his face, her pal on his jaw as her thuood man, Tell McKay Everyone underesti you’re just a laid-back, fun-loving guy out for a good tiht because you don’t want people to realize the intensity of emotion inside you”