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She peered up at hi, I didn’t look” He brushed a kiss against her hair “We should probably talk about e’re going to call her Her grandfathers are not going to be i Roll And I’ve already heard from Katherine, who thinks the baby should be named after her”

“We talked about Clare”

Gabriel considered that possibility for a moment

“I like Clare, but since we prayed at St Francis’s crypt, perhaps we should call her Frances”

“St Clare was Francis’s friend We could call her Clare and ht Julia’s eye and felt hi up “How about Clare Grace Hope? She represents the culrace”

“Clare Grace Hope Emerson It’s perfect” Julia kissed Clare on her tiny cheek

“She’s perfect” Gabriel kissed Julianne and Clare and wrapped his arhty-eight

Julia slept soundly, her breathing deep and her for When the nurse directed Gabriel to place Clare in the bassinet so that he could sleep, he refused He held his daughter in his arms as if he were afraid she’d be taken away frorew heavy and he reclined in the chair next to Julia’s bed, placing his daughter on his chest With a yawn, she seeainst him, her tiny bottom in the air

“Faith, hope, and charity,” he reatest of these is charity”

“What’s that?” Julia shifted in bed, turning toward him

He ss tentatively, clutching the place where her incision was “The pain is co back I’m probably due for a shot”

She looked over at hi Clare in his ar in the center of his chest

“You’re a natural, Daddy”

“I hope so But even if I’m not, I’ll work hard to beco with tears

“You didn’t knohat?”