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He flicked off hishis chair underneath his desk, as Asher said, “Besides, there’s so on their birthday”

“You know I hate my birthday,” Rhett commented

Asher snorted, rising “Yeah, I know Where’s Kinsley?”

“Back at her place with Hank,” Rhett reported “He’s waiting for me to pick her up”

“Better hurry,” Asher said with a sly s”

Asher headed for the door, and before Rhett could decide if he wasa mistake, he said, “I heard the baby’s heartbeat today”

Slowly, Asher turned around, eyebrows raised “Did you?”

“Yeah”

A long pause “And hoas that?”

Rhett hesitated, trying to put into words what that ht he’d have children He never wanted the shifted at the sound of that steady heartbeat, a realization that s he didn’t know existed That strong, regular rhythed to his child, a part of hihtly, he hadn’t felt edgy; he’d felt completely solid and secure

At Rhett’s silence, Asher gave hiift you ever could have got?”

Of course, Asher had the words “Yeah, buddy, exactly that”

Chapter 15

A few ht, Kinsley slid the curtain aside and glanced out the , finding her driveway still e, it was not to let the job or the danger or anything else get in the way of important days Because if you did, there would be no celebrations Ever Even when a case needed to be investigated and became top priority, it had to be put aside for a couple hours on special days Fao after her mother left, that no matter what, family, at times, had to come first

After her midwife appoint people she’d neverrooest space for parties, which hy they usually held them at her place Rhett had a lot of military buddies, she’d couy who fixed her bar, and then she got more names after that And even more names as the calls continued Until suddenly her house was full of men