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“When can he come home?” Bree asked She wanted Rylan back in his own environed, surrounded by his own land and his beloved animals From now on, that meant their home

The doctor looked at her over the top of his glasses “If he behaves, and follows instructions, it will be a week If he doesn’t, it could be two”

“Do you hear that?” Bree said to Rylan “You are going to do exactly as you are told”

When the doctor had gone, he turned his head toward her with an obvious effort “Where e? Oh, I re to find out whether you love me too”

She gave a soft laugh “You have doubts?”

His s “Not quite the three little words I was hoping to hear”

Breeabout you, Rylan Bennet I love how you rescued Papadum froing to Cindy from Finance, you took her hoh other people left Boo, the brokenhearted goose, at the side of the road, you refused to leave him there to die”

“I did what any decent hu in the same situation would have done”

She shook her head, brushing a soft kiss across his forehead “That’s debatable But in any case, those ani heart It takes a special kind of tough guy to show his sensitive side and make a home for the world’s waifs the way you’ve done But it’s about more than how you care for your misfits It’s how you care forhis arm “All the time”

He groaned “Maybe not the best time for that sort of information”

“You asked” She gave hirin “But we have plenty of time for the physical stuff when you’re all mended”

“I’ to hold you to that”

She laid her head next to his on the pillow “As long as you hold me, I’ll be happy”