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Rogan

I could barely believe what Lowe had toldin love with us? I couldn’t tell if I was htened by that fact that she had verbalized it or by the fact that it didn’t terrify ht it should be

I’d spentthrough her mind It wasn’t as if she wasn’t absolutely perfect, or like s had certainly happened to me To have a wouys drea I’d dreamed about ever since my ex first left

I peeked over at her We were in my car headed north to Decatur where I had o, not just because it ay froht near a few perfect hunting trails I kneould be a perfect, romantic place to take Jordan where I could have her all to myself She’d ued by ured there was no better way to introduce her to the craft, than to show her where I spent oing to enjoy a couple days of having Jordan’s attention totally on me

Arriving at et outside, and even though I had no intentions of actually hunting (that wasn’t a very ro seasons, so there would be tons of ga sunset, and the scenery would be perfect I got her out on the trails and she was blissed by the number of deer, pheasant, and rabbits , and I explained to her the specifics of hunting deer versus sot lucky and I was able to show her my most favorite animal to hunt, the Javelina It was rare to find them outside of Texas as far as the United States went, and even there, they were uncom to track one, and Jordan thought it was hilarious how fast they were

As the sun began to set, I took her out to one of the hills that overlooked the Decatur fields I pulled out the picnic I’d packed for us to eat dinner, and set out a blanket and she curled into me while we ate and watched the sunset

“How often do you come here?” she asked

“It was e everything”

“I know, I recently had seven of theled

“It was therapy forwith her mother If I didn’t have this place to just coet away from it for a little bit, I don’t knohat I would have done,” I explained “I would screaet it out”

“Have you ever brought her here? Danielle, I mean,” Jordan asked

I shook my head “No I don’t know that I’, or just death in general It was hard enough discussing with her what itacross the country and she’d get to see her once a yearforward if she was lucky”

“I can relate to Danielle,” Jordan said in a softer, sadder tone, and I looked over at her She was staring out over the horizon, watching the land, but her mind was soe”

“Seriously?” I asked How serendipitous that ould get a nanny who could actually relate to our children It didn’t h any pain, but it was just so else that was there for us to love about her

“Yeah,” she said “My dad left us, really abruptly According to reat He just up and left one day It was so unexpected that she actually thought so bad had happened to hiot divorce papers in the mail I was an only child, so it was a bit easier for , so it was a struggle all the way around She didn’t have a ton of randparents wanted her to abort me, so they weren’t very helpful or invested”