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“How do you figure?” There’s genuine curiosity in August’s voice

“You’re united in parenthood You have a history You don’t see me away from you anymore And I know you respect her because you’ve toldmom to me, so I don’t understand why you can’t siood time She deserves it”

God, I lovefor uts to do for ust come to his own determination as to what he wants because that’s far safer than putting myself out there only to have him tell me he’s not interested in a relationship

Swiftlybehind me I don’t need to listen anymore Partly because I don’t want to invadehe would not wanton ust has to say about it It has the potential to shred me

I put the vacuum cleaner in the mudroom, then head over to the dryer to pull out the sheets I washed earlier I’ust had said they would gladly stay in a hotel, but I think it’s ridiculous when I can easily share a room with Sam

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My ar fallen asleep onin the bed, I ease ently roll him until he faces the other direction, then pull the covers up to his shoulders He’s out like a light, which is definitely a consequence of his illness Since undergoing the chemo and the stem cell transplant, he’s slept more deeply than he has in his entire life I even asked his doctors about it on a recent checkup, but they just said his body needs the sleep to help recuperate So when Sao to sleep at seven PM, I don’t question it If he wants to sleep in late, I let him

I reach over and nabto my Kindle app to pull up a book to read It’s far too early for o to sleep

Settling in, I quickly immerse myself in a world of alpha va romance has been a sustainable pleasure of apin my life

My quiet interlude is interrupted by the doorknob turning When I glance over, August pokes his head into the room I can’t quite see his face because the only illumination is from my phone, but his voice floats across the darkness

“Why are you sleeping in here?” he asks softly

“I put fresh sheets on my bed for your parents today, so…”

My words trail off as I recall all the e’d dirtied those sheets up last night