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Mia put Martha and Reese down for the earlynap She looked at her son, and smiled down at his beautiful face with his chubby cheeks The moment she had seen hi to take care of him, to love him

Next, she irl was a dream to take care of Rarely did she cry, and she was always sirl with her dark curls and shocking green eyes Without a doubt Martha was going to be a heartbreaker

“She’s a beautiful girl, isn’t she?” Charlotte asked,into the nursery

“Yes, she is You randma”

“Always I love my children We often disappoint them, but they have never done so with me”

Glancing over at the older woman, she saw Charlotte was incredibly pale “Are you okay?”

“Yes, I aht now, and all of the mistakes that I haveto deal with oodin check, and he didn’t because of me This is all my fault”

“Daacy, what the family does”

Charlotte nodded “A lot of women, myself included, find it hard to believe, but I’ve seen it, and I’ve felt it with the way Maddox is with ood wife to him I probably shouldn’t tell you this”

“You can’t bla There’s no way that you could have knohat those men would do to those women”

“Maddox would That’s the point, Mia My husband has been the head of the Denton fa as I can re Especially from small time crooks like Westbrook and Ivan No matter howthe fact that this is my fault”

“Ivan Smith?” Mia asked

“Yes That boy’s father”

Mia reached out and stroked Reese’s cheek “He won’t be anything like Ivan I’ve kept him away as often as I could”

“You’re a good hter-in-law”