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An ihed, her expression slightly lovesick "We already have the license It’ll be so roht," I said, loving her enthusiasm

"You’d better," Reyes said "We leave at dawn Saints or sinners, we are going to holy ground"

I sighed aloud "Fine We can ht" I looked at her "How hard can it be?"

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2; a difin a dweao into the ICU: the captain, Reyes, Cookie, a couple of detectives, andin as well, her face as pale as Ubie’s sheets We hugged, the cuffsit aard, before we continued inside

When alked in, the Iron Fist was there, the judge who hated s had changed very much, but she seemed to tolerate me rather well It was nice And had been at the hospital visiting her grandmother when she heard the news about Ubie It was kind of her to stick around to see hiave hiave el hair pasta Not sure what that was about, but she literally melted Clearly I was out of the loop Either that or Ubieof food and in his dazed state blended the two It happened I once stayed up for teeks straight and blended coffee and sex I asked a server to bring asot off work, he’d do his darnedest to fill ed Ubie’s big head, afraid I’d hurt hied a drunken smile and said, "It’s all taken care of, punky" He hadn’t called ht back fondones, but nobody was perfect How I loved this man with all my heart

"I’m soonset of wetness gathering between my lashes How could he risk his life like that all to set up a scene to et arrested for hter Maybe he felt he owed Reyes He was indeed the arresting officer over a decade ago

"I knoeetheart" He tried to pat my arm and patted Will Robinson instead Nor the circuers of hly and undeniably shot Everyone saw that He’d almost died He’d heard the confession of Sylvia Starr before she fell down the stairs and broke her neck He’d almost become a charcoal briquette for Halloween, not nearly so effective a costume as his Spidey outfit, in ht to behold Sure I’d needed therapy afterwards, but who doesn’t need a little counseling now and then? And he’d tried to save Mr Trujillo, Sylvia’s final victi I could do, noas the time

I kissed his cheek, whispered one teensy word in Latin, then stood back and let the others take turns wishing him a speedy recovery His cheeks flushed instantly, his pallor returning to health as he gave lance I didn’t think I healed hih to ease the pain and h to make what I was about to ask him tolerable

We spoke a few minutes more before ere all ordered out "I have one quick favor to ask," I said before we got run out colassy with a morphine haze

Noas certainly not the best time, but I explained our situation to a roo beside Uncle Bob’s bed in ICU again, this time with a more matrimonial purpose

Cook fetched Amber while Reyes and I ran to the apartment for the license and a couple of other trinkets I’d insisted on being de-cuffed so I could clean up rass out of backs Reyes donned a black dinner jacket and a gray tie He’d shaved and tried to slick back his hair, but the dark locks fell over his forehead anyway When he strolled into my apartment, he left me speechless – me! – and we almost didn’t make it back to the hospital

But Cookie and A pieces here and there back with baby’s breath–covered bobby pins and trying to hide the onset of tears

"Allwedding plans

Score!

Nurses and a couple of doctors had gathered outside, most likely because of the bizarreness of the situation e "Iron Fist" Quiavethat under no circuive me back, while Cookie and Gemma stood beside me

Reyes had to ask Garrett and Osh to stand with him, which was so ironic, it was unreal He’d started out disliking both, and now they served as groomsmen to witness our journey into wedded bliss I tried Dad one last tian, to no avail I didn’t bother calling Denise I could surprise her with an announceh hopefully that would be in hell