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“Okay” Megan s”

Leah smiled back then left the room

Megan stroked the cat, who began to purr louder now that the kittens were close up against her side The cat finally opened her eyes and stared right at Megan Eht kinship with the cat “We’re a lot alike, you and I,” she told the cat with the green eyes “We’re both trying to protect our babies But you trusted Nash You trusted hih to knoould keep your babies safe And he has, hasn’t he?”

There was no denying it anyan continued to stroke the cat’s head, wondering iftested too Day after day, she kept waiting for the bomb to drop and for the world to fall apart around her But it hadn’t, not once In fact, she felt happier now than ever

If fate was trying to show her so loud and clear “I don’t know if you’re here toup to his word,” she added to the kitty, stroking her soft head “To show entle side of hi happen to you or your babies”

The cat drifted back off to sleep, and Megan knew she couldn’t run any she had al hih if he ever ran into a burning building again she ht kill him herself She did care for Nash She cared for hily Since he found out about the baby, he’d been fighting hard to do the right thing There was no hatred or anger around her any her believe thatas this calmness lasted after they told the parents about the baby

Megan leaned her shoulder against the cage and s at theirto be okay” She placed a hand on her belly “Nash is right We’re all going to be fine”

The past hour and a bit had been a ind of being rushed into the eency room where a doctor and a couple of nurses examined Nash After that, they proceeded to nearly murder hi Nash had beco he enjoyed, reot hi through his veins

What he didn’t like were hospitals His nose crinkled at the antiseptic scent, and the fluorescent overhead lights always gave hian hadn’t been there to see the pain he’d gone through

Now lying in a hospital bed, lanced over the faces of his brothers, Harper, Emma, and his mother, who sat in the chair next to his bed He saw in their expressions how much they hated this place too The last time they’d been here hen Dad passed away

Nash didn’t even want to think of what hisroo alive or dead The doctor

had given her news of the latter, and while his ood front, Nash knew Dad’s death had been a major blow that she never recovered from

Fucking fire

Seeing the discouests and the kittens made his jaith frustration

So that had only a his IV bag for the third time since he had arrived