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Epilogue

Maggie

The clicking of his ca else did It was a sound I’d quickly grown familiar with since he always see my eyes open, I placed a hand on my forehead to block out the sun so I could see his face when I looked up “You’re back!”

“I sure aaze swept up and down ht for sore eyes”

His eyes darted to the pool, scanning it quickly, before his sirls?”

“Off learning about traditional dances with A the pool Two little blonde heads were barely visible, but Amara’s eyes were latched onto them as they all moved to the music that drifted doards the pool She was one of the babysitters

on staff at the lodge, and she’d been a life saver for me over the past month “They wore me out and leapt at the chance to dance their little hearts out for a little bit while Mommy took a quick nap”

Harrison crouched low, resting a hand onhoet you in to see your doctor”

“There’s nothing to worry about,” I reassured hi for the doctor to even do yet, except to tell nant, and we’ve already confirh, I’et your hands on one while we’re in the eti”

We were hours away frorassland savannahs, riverine forests, swa was gorgeous, but the main attraction for most visitors were the countless species of wild animals and birds in the area When Harrison had been invited to serve as the photojournalism expert for a well-respected African photo safari coreat opportunity since he only had to accoroup for nine days and provide the their trip

We’d arrived in Africa teeks early, giving us plenty of ties two and four, they were quite the seasoned world travelers since we made it our mission to take them on trips several times a year It started with an extended tour of Italy on an extended honeyne Harrison had pronant with Rose at the time Since then, we’d been to ten different countries on four continents—well, five now since we’d finally made it to Africa