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"No irl grinned and it had more than just a small spark of trouble to it

"Don't worry, I'et to see plenty of him," Tamara said "He's family"

"Can I call him? Let him knoe're okay?"

Isaac handed over his phone "Go for it"

While Essie was chatting with Albert using lots of hand gestures, she and Isaac hung back, watching the now-full transport van drive off toward the gate The only thing that would have made it better was if Amelia had lived to see it As the van pulled farther away, Tao of Isaac's hand and took a couple of steps to watch it go down the ht

Once even the ser visible, she turned back to Isaac She expected to find hi by his pinched expression he was feeling so completely different

"So, you're free now" He ht, but didn't quitein the hotel You can go wherever you want now"

She could The possibilities of it all"The only place I want to be is with you"

His shoulders relaxed as he closed the distance between them "That's the best news I've heard all day"

"Bet I can top it" She wound her aring her lips close enough to his that they almost touched "I love you, Isaac Camacho"

"I love you too" And he kissed her like a man ould always lead her true…and she believed it

Chapter 25

Elisa

Finally finished with the Feds' questions, Elisa walked away from the hubbub outside the Crest Society chapel The compound was actually kind of nice, with all of the trees and the ht even be worth a vacation Not that she ever took one of those Vacations were not her thing Life was boring if you weren't running froht to another

She didn't mean to walk over to Marko It just happened He was off in a quiet corner behind the chapel—exactly the kind of spot she was looking for after answering the same five questions from the Feds over and over for the past hour