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“Hownearby asked him as he folded his newspaper shut

“None,” Sawyer said, his attention still focused on the girl who had hair almost the same shade of blond as Clover’s “Not yet”

“You sound hopeful, that’s good” The old irl who had added a spin e your lives, those little ones, and inning”

“How many kids do you have?”

The ro”

“That’s a lot of sleepless nights”

“Well, with the right woman, you barely notice it” He reached into his pocket and brought out his wallet, flipped it open, and tapped on a photo of adress “You gotta ht first because the kids all eventually leave the nest and then you’re left with yourselves for the rest of forever”

Sawyer’s vision of forever hadn’t involved Clover or kids orelse, and then he’d walked out of his office one day and there she was He was an idiot for not realizing sooner He was just relaxing back against his seat when a voice over the interco

“That’s ood-bye to the older man

“Have a good trip and good luck finding the right woman”

Forever with Clover It had a nice ring to it “I think I ht have”

The oldIf it wasI had the right woman I’d make daht the same, too”

The old es of his proposal would be a challenge He had toher into the very life she most feared

“I’ll keep that in ate for his flight, confident that by the tiot back to Harbor City in three days he’d have the perfect negotiation plan ready to go

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