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"Fine, but Jay and Coop stay with us, at least until this mess is over with I don’t want her around for reed despite her reluctance

The three of us hung out for a while until after dinner when Mr and Mrs Cahill showed up to visit

"How’s ?" Mr Cahill asked as soon as he walked in He held flowers out forCC

"Sore, but I’m ok," she answered

Mrs Cahill caht arm "Her face is all lit up She didn’t look like that this rinned, da that to her Lynn tapped on the door, walked in and handedto remove his band and then you’re free to take hi into her coat pocket to pull out the scissors She did it so gently that Ryder didn’t even stir She smiled at us all when she was done and then left the rooht as lad Mo Coop and Jaylinn at the house, I still wantedabout taking care of a newborn After Mrs Cahill was done feeding hi home outfit that Hailey had packed

I sat next to CC on the bed and she started crying, I knew this was going to be hard on her, it was going to be hard onin theharder and I heard so too I held her as tight as I could until she calmed down I kissed both of her eyes and dried the tears from them "This is hard onto be the last tiht apart You’re mine baby I love you" I whispered in her ear as I held her

"I love you too Can you leavebreath

I reached into my pocket and pulled it out "Hailey will be here shortly so you won’t be all alone, but if it makes you feel better, call the house and I’ll keep you on the phone all night" I told her

She nodded and reached for me one more time "I love you so much"

"Me too" I took Ryder froive hioodbye That da she wouldn’t even look at hith, just one of the s about her

After the Cahill’s and Mooodbye, we all left That’s when it really hita dad all on rew a pair of balls We got into the elevator and I set Ryder down in his car seat to cover hihts were pretty cool and I didn’t need hi sick already We stepped out of the elevator and alking out when Mom stopped dead in front of me Mr Cahill cursed under his breath and his wife put her hand to her heart I looked past ain

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After everyone left, I quickly called Hailey and asked her to coht with me She assured me that she would be there within fifteen , but just her being here with me would make me feel so much better I couldn’t express how much I wanted to be home with ht Mason along with her Hunter wasn’t kidding when he’d said those tere going to give him whiplash One minute they wanted to kill each other, the next they were ers However, fros weren’t any better