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Right after sy-wuffles, we locked the front door, turned off the lights and the electronics Then Joe and I went to our sky-blue corner bedrooht to bed

Minutes later Joe was lying facedown in the bedding and I wasinjuries froo that killed dozens of people

I warratified by the happy groans co, handsome man I worked on his back and then turned , which had been broken in two places

He alking fine now but still had pain, so ere keeping up with the physical therapy techniques

Joe sighed “That’s all I can take, Lindsay Thank you”

He rolled over onto his back and reached for me, and I went into his arms He kissed the top of my head, and I held on to his chest and listened to him breathe

We’d co it all

First there was Joe’s overnment-sponsored escapade that involved a professional femme fatale Whatever had happened between Joe and the mystery blonde, I would never know and now I didn’t want to

She was out of our lives And Joe had proain

Then there was the explosion that broke his bones, cracked his head, and almost made me aand Julie a fatherless child But Joe was back In , too

But

Well, there’s always a but, right?

Having co reordered his priorities, Joe had told h tierous and had never been nine-to-five Joe wasn’t working full-time He had been Mr Mom when Julie was tiny, and he was there for her when I needed hie was a very tenuous thing So Joe got top marks for Great Dad

But another child?

Hoould that work? Even noorking as a freelance risk ement consultant in a laptop-at-home capacity