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“I’ll bring him to see you whenever you want If you want”

Chelsea took a few moments to visually inspect Aave a couple more faint jabs and smiled

“I promise he’ll be awake next time”

Still, she didn’t seem to mind She climbed off the bed and wandered off

Lisa said, “She definitely likes him”

“I think it’ll be mutual”

chapter 9

We were all back at the creek house three days later Dr Preston didn’t feel the need to keep Amsel under close observation at the retreat after that period but requested she be allowed to check in on hireed wholeheartedly, and with Dane’s approval Amano didn’t have much choice but to acquiesce as well

I felt a chill factor betweenI knew I’d pushed the limit when I’d wanted hi of Dane’s safety—all of the coet and that worried me

Dane stayed a couple nights more The baby didn’t see his little business, and sleeping All the activity in the house garnered his attention, exhausting hi him When they could pry him from my arms, that was

I would sit and stare in wonderment at hi and wanted to take over Rosa mostly, but Amano was clearly hooked on our bundle of joy, too Kyle was equally infatuated, which surprised ht he’d be so keen on Dane’s son Typically, anything related to rumble But Ahtly fussy

Of all the people fascinated with the baby, it was Dane who ale detail when it came to our son Dane watched s, bathings And he talked to Amsel about how incredible his life would be, how fortunate he was to have me as a mom, how much we all loved him

Dane was smitten Over the moon, smitten He obsessed over me, certainly But his ad, my heartaffectionate moments I kneould help to shape Amsel’s life

A tinge of envy also washed over me My own dad had never failed to make me feel loved and wanted Yet he’d never been particularly demonstrative, physically My mother, of course, had exhibited zero wars and cheek kisseswhen they were teens, and reassuring when they were older

Dane did not possess that reserved es It choked me up I honestly couldn’t have loved either one of them more than I did And I literally just wanted to eat the, this need to be with them, to watch them, to absorb them