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“We both do it, put our initials on it, and the bridge takes care of the rest”

She nodded and wrote “JW” on one side and watched as Bahan put on his initials on the other He then locked the padlock in place, whispered so under his breath in Arabic, and tossed the key in the river below

Jennifer frowned up at hied to confuse her and throw her coh quicksand, being slowly taken under no ainst it

“What did you say?”

“It’s probably silly…too sentimental”

“No, tellif not senti that leap like thousands of other people on the bridge before us I think there are definitely worse ways to be sentimental and cheesy”

“It’s a siuidance from Allah and Mohah”

Reaching out, she stroked his face, loving the way the scruff of his goatee felt against the pal

her wild That hint of turain, and she could stay like this with thein his kindness and his hope

“Am I a plan too?”

“Do you want to be?”

She sighed and leaned against the locks as well,into her spine “My parents are divorced”

“I’ured there was a reason I only saw Carol around, and youso tight”

“Yes I guess it’s better they were , not that it’s not uncommon in Kentucky”

“Fair point, but faether are common everywhere, even in Yemen”