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"What would she think of you now? Do you ever wonder?"

He frowned "Not really It was so long ago I think she would appreciate my faith and devotion to my family Family was very important to both of us But I was "

"Really?" Beatrice laughed "Isn’t it usually the opposite?"

"Not if you live long enough" A sudden pain swept over hih at yourself or you’d gohis human love, who had become such a faint memory "Efa was a beautiful wife Wonderful nize rinned at hiet a word in around you, blabberh filled the quiet beach "You’re probably right! I can only ione, she probably had plenty to say"

"Tales of putting up with ain and threw an arm over Beatrice’s shoulders

"Why haven’t you ever uy And you have one of the biggest hearts I’ve ever known"

He winked "Besides the obvious, collar-type reasons?"

"I don’t think God would get pissed off at this point You’ve worked for hi time"

"And I’ll work for him until the day I leave this earth" He squeezed her shoulders "I don’t know Just never found the right woman, I suppose"

"Ah"

"And ould put up withwhen you want to be"

He looked down and wiggled his eyebrows at her "Oh, really?"

Beatrice burst into laughter and tugged at the collar of his garish Hawaiian shirt "Yep, you’re a regular knight in flowered arroaned "I don’t know I’ve never really seen the appeal of the ‘damsel-in-distress,’ to be totally honest I’m not really the daht, then"

He grimaced "Definitely never seen the appeal of those"

Beatrice leaned into his shoulder "You’ll find the right one someday I have faith"