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I have them all inside me Inside my body I’m theirs, but they are mine, too

Craig and Dillon thrust into her while she continued sucking on Dan What she thought should have been aasn’t They all ether Forever

The heavy breathing of her threethat only heightened the electric pulses inside her body

Miraculously, they all cale explosiveinside her as another h her body

For the first ti love was

Chapter Eighteen

Wilde, Nevada – May, 1981

With her newborn son in her arms, Mary sat in her in-laws’ home at the kitchen table Her fathers-in-law had built the house for the wo across frory or dirty I just don’t know, Mom”

“Give Austin to et the hang of this fast You still have your training wheels on I know I had my hands full with Daniel those first few days By this time next week, you’ll be a pro”

“You don’t kno much that means to me” She s fro to help with Austin “You’ve always been there for ht?”

Carol nodded, dotting kisses on Austin’s sweet face

“Every tiet stressed or overwhelmed, like now, I read yours and Mama Ida’s” Mama Ida was Carol’s ht out the two letters

“So like me,” Mom said “I kept my letter from Ida in my purse, too”

“Do you mind if I read yours, Mom?”

“Of course not I’lad it means so much to you, Mary”