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“He didn’t for a long ti to you or Beau”

“He wouldn’t, of course,” Will said “I do plan to tell hi day”

Jasper grinned “Reot time to listen, I’ll tell you the whole story”

The pickup stopped at the foot of the porch The reverend got out of the backseat and hurried up the steps through the rain Sky climbed out of the truck and went around to Lauren’s side She handed him an umbrella, which he held over her until they reached the cover of the porch

The two of thes had been like that between him and Tori, before his world crashed and he’d lost her What he wouldn’t give to have that feeling back But as Jasper would put it, there’d been too iveness on both sides

The front door opened Tori and Erin carown-up in her simple blue sheath dress, her hair twisted up and pinned with a silk flower At sootten her ears pierced—how could he have loss she earing? Now that was a shock

Tori had put aside her black court suit for a flowing, flowered dress that olden hair was loose, falling over her shoulders, and she wore gold gypsy hoops in her ears She looked delicious—and so sexy that Will felt that old, fanore it

“Come on inside,” she said “Everybody’s ready Beau’s just waiting for his best man Isn’t that you, Will?”

Will followed his ex-wife and daughter into the house, where the wedding was about to begin As the voere spoken, he would stand with his two brothers and the women they loved

And he would ache for what he’d lost