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"I love you Hailey and I want you to wear this as a reminder of me and my promise to you I’ll always be here for you I’ll always protect you"

I turned in Mason’s aret so lucky to have you in my life?"

He smiled and I turned into a puddle at his feet "I’m the lucky one, Boo"

I kissed his lips Mason pickedeach other for a while Both lost in our own thoughts

I sigh loudly and Jaylinn coughs I look over to make sure she’s okay and she s shot" Jaylinn states

She’s so right but I would never admit it, not nohen everyone thinks that I have "It doesn’t matter Jay"

"Yup Whatever you say" Jaylinn pops the p

She doesn’t believeelse about it

"How are things with you and Cooper? You two talked yet?"

Jaylinn studiesmoments "Kind of" She reaches forward and turns the radio down "I’m not ready to talk in detail about what happened and he can’t forget what happened toactually happened but he can’t seeardless" Jaylinn looks over at me There is sadness in her eyes and I want badly to ask her what happened but I don’t dare push This is the most she has ever said to me about her and Cooper "I love him, Hailey I love him so much and it scares that shit out ofin there; he’ll open his eyes sooner or later"

"Let’ hope its sooner" Jaylinn leaves it at that as she reaches forward and turns the radio back up

An hour later and she is fast asleep, she et to h, I don’t need her knowing looks, not while I’ to steelin the Cahill’s kitchen, talking to Elle and filling her in on everything that I’ve been up to sinceWe all pick up like I never left No one treats me differently, no sadness in anyone’s eyes, no aard situations Being in the Cahills’ house is so peaceful, relaxing, fa here I hts Ifor the first time; I missed his first tooth, his first word That little boy ht calls, our bitching about the boys when they piss us off, I o and visit her when I want Hell I evensex I secretly think Hunter le to myself

"I oes to stand next to his mom

My world freezes and my stomach clenches I bite my bottom lip and drink Mason in When I meet his eyes, his devilish shtly My heart skips a beat at the sht I would be spending the night running from him but all I want to do is run to him

"Happy Birthday, Mason" I say sweetly

Elle smiles and rests her head on her son’s shoulder Alex coht to Mason "Whoa little man, where’s your diaper?" Mason asks hi into the kitchen with Alex’s diaper in her hand "That boy is exhausting"