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“The night of the battle, after I proposed”

“Jonathon,” he said and just his saying my name spoke volumes

“I know”

“If she hadn’t lost the baby, she would have died in childbirth”

“I know, Patrick,” I growled I didn’t want to hear this I hated hi how much of a failure I was I couldn’t keep it in my pants and look where it had led us

“I’ you Jonathon You have to pave your oay and make your own mistakes”

“It wasn’t awith Kylie has ever been a ret any of it”

“I’ you should,” he spoke softly

“Aren’t you?” I said looking at him and away from Kylie’s frail body

“Jonathon,” he said softly, “you’re a good man I love you like you were hter You both have to have your own life You have to do whatrisk you took”

“I know I told her everything you told me, but it didn’t matter We were ready”

“But were you ready to be parents? Were you ready to kill yourselves?”

“Stop it, just stop it, Patrick I don’t want to think about it To think about that would be to think about her dead”

“But that’s ould have happened if she had the baby It would have killed her and you would have been left alone, devastated, with your child”

“I would have went crazy like Selena,” I whispered “You would have to killhappens to Kylie, you have to kill me, Patrick”