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Clay poured the wine “Then I’m in love with a dirty old woman”

“And so am I, if that’s what you want to call yourself,” he said “But we call you thewoman we’ve ever met Izzy, we are in love with you That’s the truth And if you will just give us a chance, we think you could fall in love with us, too”

“Dae a thing This can’t work”

“Of course it can work You love us and we love you” Clay reached for her hands

She leaned back “You are not listening You want the truth Here it is” Tears streamed from her eyes “I am too old to have children, and you deserve to be fathers I absolutely will not rob you of that happiness I have Gabby She’s the most important person ina precious baby that depends on you” Izzy closed her eyes and sighed When she opened her eyes again, the sadness he saw broke his heart “There’s nothing like it in the whole world You will be a dads I know it”

“Are you sure you can’t have children, sweetheart?” Clay gently asked her

“I’m forty-two years old”

“So?” Clay knelt down next to her

“So? So the odds are stacked againstanother baby into the world, Clay”

Jay left the bed and knelt down next to Clay in front of her, taking her hand “Do you want to have children, Izzy?”

“I would have had many children, but I wasn’t about to with the asshole” She told theer for her welled up inside hiure out a way to make ends hter is an adult, I have a career, a good life, and time for love But it’s too late for e I won’t put you through that Yes, I love you and you h Not now Not ever”

“Sweetheart, if the three of us want children, we’ll have children,” he told her “If we can’t have our own there are plenty of kids who need a loving family We can always adopt And if you don’t want babies, then I don’t want any either”

“Sael,” Clay added “Your happiness is all that matters to us”

She kissed him and Clay tenderly “And yours is what matters to me Do you understand?”

He and Clay said in unison, “No, we—”