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“I tried to run, but Viper wouldn’t let ently butted into the conversation “It was after s, he wouldn’t have been able to catch me, either”
“I would have caught you,” Viper stated Rachel believed his, Winter wouldn’t have gotten far
Beth’s screa back as she rose terrified Rachel as she looked to see as happening
“No!” Rachel’s own scream parted her lips as Beth yelled for someone to call nine-one-one
Mag had turned deathly pale and had passed out, her head falling back over the wheelchair The round Rachel watched as Beth frantically took her pulse Shadeher so she couldn’t see as going on Cash knelt by his grand her hand
“Her heart is racing,” Beth told Cash
Rachel stared down at Mag, crying She fell to her knees beside Mag, laying her hand on her heart After she had touched Cash, she’d had nothing left For the last few ift hadn’t shown a trace of itself
Gathering her strength, she reached for her…
“Mag… Mag!” Rachel kept calling desperately, searching for the wo, answer me, dammit!”
“Rachel, I’m here”
Rachel ’s voice
“Thank God” Rachel dropped down next to Mag, her pale eyes staring up at her
“Don’t leave,” Rachel begged She looked up, seeing the bright light approaching, and then held her hand tighter
“Girl, I wasn’t meant to stay here forever It’s time I went home”
The acceptance in her voice had Rachel shaking her head “Your tied “Listen towith you I would feel the pain Please stay…” She was unaware of the s her as she pleaded with the woman she had come to love
Rachel felt Mag’s acceptance; she wasn’t even putting up the least resistance Life was not given freely; it had to be wanted… she needed to be wanted The answer came to her
“I need you, Mag Who is going to make Cash behave if you leave? Don’t you want to stay and see your first great-grandchild born? Isn’t that worth living for?”
“I’randchild?”
Rachel felt the spark within Mag flicker, the light pausing above her
“Yes!” Rachel felt no qual to her if she lived “Stay, please, stay… for Cash, me, and our child”
Rachel put her last bit of strength into Mag’s fluttering heart, holding it steady until she could see the blinding, beautiful light receding away fro
Rachel looked up; the light wastoward her She instantly understood the peaceful serenity that Mag hadn’t wanted to give up…
Cash was holding her when she woke He held his breath as her eyes opened, staring up at hiily
“Cash?”
“I want to shake you Don’t you ever fucking do that again I don’t care who it is Not Ever Again!” His hands tightened on hers, trying to give some of his warmth to her ice-cold flesh
“Is Mag okay?”
“She’s fine Wants to knohat’s for dinner”
Relief at his grandmother’s rapid recovery had been offset by his fear for Rachel If he’d had any doubts of his feelings for her, they had been destroyed when he had co her
“What happened? I re fell and I helped her I didn’t pull back in time, did I?”
“No, you didn’t You almost died The paramedics had to shock your heart back into rhythm”
“I’ll be fine in a couple of days”
Cash couldn’t believe the lack of concern she had for her own safety
“You knehen you helped her as going to happen, didn’t you?” When he saw the guilty look in her eyes, he had to get up Moving to the , he stared out
“I didn’t know for sure After I helped you randift is liive away a piece of ourselves I gave too much”
“It happened when you saved me, didn’t it? Lily didn’t tell me that part”
“I made her promise”
Rachel’s soft explanation raised his fury
“Stop keeping secrets from me You didn’t tell me that you saved enius, and you didn’t tell nant”
“What!” She tried to sit up in bed, only to fall back when she couldn’t contain the laughter erupting froive her the will to live,” she tried to excuse the lie she’d told
Cash wasn’t going to let her off that easily “Mag has told anyone ill listen that she’s expecting her first great-grandchild”
“You have to stop her If my brothers hear that rumor, they’ll kill you”