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He looked at her and there was a weariness to hi to soht?”
She nodded “Yeah, I’ve got three bars now, so that h you should knowto her, Shep is a baby whisperer” She stood up “Coet in”
He glanced down “I need aback on”
He would only have to take it off again “Or you can lean on me It’s not far”
“Sera, I”
She stared down at hiht Whatever happened between them wouldn’t be some fast and furious affair where they spentto be friends, be more than friends, then she had some firet to know me This is part ofmore to you than a pretty face and a body in bed If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that life is rough, and you better be strong enough to help the people around you You also better be strong enough to accept help from the people around you You told me I’m the most beautiful woman in town Well, I wonder if you’ll think that when you see ot a nice one at my bikini line because Luc was a ten-pound baby, and I wasn’t built for that”
The sweetest s special about Harry, soh “I’ll think that scar is beautiful because it’s a part of you”
“Then don’t expect me to think less of you because you’re about to aardly hop to that barely functional bathroom and clean yourself up I’ll think you’re brave because you went through all of it and there’s no bitterness in you”
His hand ca for her own “Oh, don’t think I woke up this way It took a lot to get past my bitterness After I came home to Dallas, I worked for a little while in a restaurant that gave jobs to injured vets It’s where I learned how to rilled cheese sandwich in the world It’s also where I h ry and bitter and I hated everyone for a while But I got through it with solad to take yours, sweetheart”
She balanced hilanced down at his foot Even that foot was oddly sexy It was big and solid, like the rest of the man She eased her arm around his waist and his arht to balance him It was funny because she’d always bemoaned how short she was, but now she was happy to be his crutch
She’d been right It was horrifically aard, but Harry laughed as they wobbled and hopped and weaved their way to the bathroom
“We are not going to be winning any three-leg races,” he said as they made it past the door