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I gazed at Amsel, nestled inme to keep him safe

Tears suddenly burnednow that Dane had returned to us And the fact thathad to confront how everything that had happened had changed our relationship

I said, “You don’t have to shout, ‘I’m alive!’ from the rooftops The media will spill soon, anyway Mikaela should know She’s been in your life since you were both children This isn’t soer Or let her find out froht and added, “She doesn’t even knoe’re married I never told her Nor does she knoe have a child together”

“I’ to play this hand to the best of our advantage Mikaela is one more innocent bystander” He took a few additional seconds to consider the situation, then said, “All right We’ll include her We’ll just have to find some sensible way to break the news to her that I didn’t incinerate with the lobby of the Lux”

Later, I caught up with Kyle in the kitchen,on a new danglingI didn’t bother explaining to ure it out on his own soon enough And that would turn into an a

“What can I do to help?” I asked Kyle as he set out veggies

“The salad should be us tips, avocado, broccoli, cherub to already whipped up and in the fridge”

“I think I can handle this”

Meanwhile, he prepped a pork tenderloin that looked to die for before he’d even popped it into the oven As it cooked, he sliced apples and baked the Unfortunately,standstill when Dane appeared in the kitchen

Not that he was gritchy In fact, he looked taken aback—and I didn’t get the sense it had anything to do with Kyle and ether Especially as Dane handed over the baby to Kyle, who sat at the island, sipping a beer as the food baked

“So?” I asked I read Dane that well, which became the source of my instant consternation

Dane looked as though he couldn’t quite compose himself That was odd unto itself

Had he reconsidered the baptis Mikaela in on our secrets—all of them?

“Dane?”

“Let’s take a walk, shall we?”