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“It’s scary, Charly”

“Anything worth trying that hard for is going to be scary” Charly opened the door “We better get Carlotta’s care package and get back or we ht miss the next chapter of my cousin’s happy-ever-after”

Carlotta snature accent said, “De car is already packed vith the food Too o”

They returned to the waiting roooodies After everyone dove into the boxes, Alex cah the door from the delivery room

“Mother and baby are just fine,” he said

Shelby was totally awed by hiht the next Wilde into the world

“Well, Doc, is it a boy or girl?” Mary asked anxiously

“Another girl for our town, Mary You have a beautiful granddaughter” He walked over to Shelby, and pulled her into his ar her toes curl and her heart flutter

Istrue? Did he understand Wilde better than she’d iined?

The waiting room erupted in applause and es were done when a new baby was born

Austin Wilde ca the new bundle with his four brothers surrounding him He walked over to Mary, their randfather “I’d like to introduce you to our daughter, Morandma”

“Give that baby to me,” she said

“Did I hear you right, son?” Pappy Jack asked “My old ears aren’t what they used to be What’s this precious girl’s naain?”

Jackson put his arot the sarandma had, doesn’t she?”

The old man wiped a tear from his eye “That she does That she does”