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The space that had been organized for Ana was immaculate

Plain white walls and a double bed had been replaced with an ornate, dark wood crib with pink bedding and adresser and a closet filled with pink clothes

“Oh” Behind hie made a little noise Then she brushed past him and into the room “Ana, look It’s your very own room”

His chest seized up tight, his breath locking in his lungs The light in Paige’s eyes as she presented Ana with a space that belonged to her was…he had never seen anything like it All of Paige’s unruly enthusiashter

How anyone could doubt that she would be a good mother was beyond him It was hard for hi about her always dredged up other memories that he wanted to keep firmly locked behind a closed door in his mind

Mary Colson, his adoptive mother, had been a firm and constant presence Both she and Don had invested in hi hirateful to the had been ideal for him

But for a moment, he wondered if anyone had ever looked at hi at Ana

It didn’t , empty well inside of him He wasn’t a child He didn’t need obvious displays of emotion Far fro around Paige didn’t seey, and elitter

“Thank you,” she said, her blue eyes bright

“Don’t thankto find some way to loosen the knot in his chest “You’re here under false pretenses, due to a situation of your own et too attached”

She blinked, a flash of genuine pain visible on her face So open So real Did the woman have no sense? Had she no defenses at all? “Okay, I…I ot really excited and I didn’tfaster as she ra palpable She projected her feelings So strongly he felt like he was being hit with a wall

“Relax, Paige,” he said “Take a breath”

She snapped herwith confused emotion