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"I et to be here" She turned back around and leaned into lad about that, Mrs Blackstone, because after ere here together I couldn’t get this place out ofyou back here The inside needs soood and the foundation stone-solid, perched up here on the rocks This house has been here a long ti time from now"

I slipped the sht it around to hold in front of her so she could see it

"What’s this?" she asked

"It’s your wedding present Open it"

She opened the flap and tipped the odd assortment into her hand--some modern, some very old "Keys?" She turned around, her eyes ith shock "You bought the house?!"

I couldn’t hold back ain, drawinght us a home For you and me, and for peaches, and any other raspberries or blueberries thatlater This place has plenty of roo here? Because I’ house that must have a lot of rooms to fill"

"That, Mrs Blackstone, reive youa few"

"Ahh, then what are you standing out here for? Hadn’t you better get cracking?" She asked s Fast If she was ready for Honeyain, not a s sed up the rest of the path quickly, and then the stone steps of our new country house "And the bride goes over the threshold," I said, pushing the heavy oaken door withmore and more traditional all the time, Mr Blackstone"

"I know I kind of like it"

"Oh, wait, ift too Set hted foyer will be perfect for you to see them with"

She handedvery happy, and very lovely in her wedding lace and the heart pendant sitting at her throat I had a sht with Westman, but I pushed it down and far away There was no place in this ht This was a time for joy

I lifted the lid and pulled back soraphs revealed underneath stopped my heart Brynne beautifully naked inveil

"For you, Ethan For your eyes only," she whispered "I love you with all of my heart, and all of s to you now"

I had trouble speaking at first, so I just stared at her for a s

"The pictures are beautiful," I told her finally when I could get the words out "They’re beautiful, baby, and Iunderstand why now" Brynne needed to make beautiful pictures with her body It was her reality I needed to possess her--to take care of her in order to fulfill some dominant requirement within my psyche--my reality

"I wanted you to have these pictures They’re for you only, Ethan Only you will ever see theift to you"

"I hardly have words" I looked through the poses slowly, soaking up the i over your shoulder, and your veil is down your back" I studied the photograph so at aze with her beautiful multicolored eyes, which surprisedhues, and said, "They are looking at you, but my eyes have really only been opened since you ca You made me really want to see as around me, for the first time in my adult life You reatest gift of all, Ethan James Blackstone" She reached up to touchme so much of what she felt

I covered her palm on my cheek with irl"

I kissed my lovely bride in the foyer of our new old stone house for a long time I wasn’t in a hurry and neither was she We had the luxury of forever right now and ould take it for the precious gift that it was

When ere ready, I picked her up again, loving her soft weight resting againstofsuite where I would hold her all night long Holding on to her in order to hold me up The concept just made sense for me I couldn’t explain it to anyone else, but I didn’t need to explain anything I knee ift She was the first person to really see insideit Only my Brynne’s eyes