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She smiled shyly “Can I?”

“I don’t want you to ”

“I don’t want to either I never want to go back to the Mantelli compound But I can stand on my own I need you and Cole to know that”

“Hey” He wrapped a hand around her waist “We know exactly how strong you are We want you to live with us To ith us I think you should head Soar from now on”

“What?”

He nodded “Soar should be yours It’s our baby together Cole and I can’t trust it with anyone else”

“Deac, I don’t knohat to say”

“Say yes, sweetheart Say you’ll stay Say you are ours”

She nodded A tear slid down her cheek “Yes” She kissed him “Yes Yes Yes”

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Cole

There hadn’t been anytias trip to talk about Deacon’s deal with Cal Mantelli But they were on the plane headed back to Chicago Abby was asleep on the couch with a blanket wrapped around her She looked like a beautiful angel The sunlight fell across her cheek

He poked Deacon “Hey, I think we need to talk about Cal”

He motioned to the back of the jet There was a private suite they never used They cra hour There was no tihts

“Come on”