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Another beat of silence, then, "I know that too And you should kno that I don’t think there’s a better match for her than you Darcy and I would be happy for our daughter to marry you"

"Thank you Thank you--thatto eat If she co, I may have to rethink what I just told you"

I barked out a laugh and turned on ood day, Mr LaRue"

As soon as the conversation was over, I pulled out of my spot and started back to the warehouse The smile that wouldn’t leave me seemed to widen as I replayed the conversation over inbut one of my shirts when I returned, and her face lit up as soon as she saw reed, and set the food down on the counter before walking up to her Pulling her off the couch, I lifted her intoward the stairs

"What about the food?" she asked on a laugh, her ar around my neck as I cliized for how she reacted back when you were in Seattle, and she said she was happy for us"

Grey’s eyes widened "Really, now?"

I rolled ot in hed when Grey’s face completely fell "He’s not mad at you, he was unhappy with me That is, until I reminded him how much you mean to me"

"Are you serious? What did you say?"

I lowered Grey onto the bed, shrugged slowly, and crawled in after her, taking her shirt off once I was kneeling over her body "All you need to know is that your dad is fine, and that he threatenedto love you forever"

She smiled just before I could press ainst my chest so she could slowly inch my shirt up over my head "Well then, you better letyou how ust 16, 2014

I CALLED OUT a good-bye to everyone at work and headed out to er to see what he wanted for dinner when I stopped short at the sight of the woether as I looked closer at the sobbing woman and took another few steps toward her