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The views at the apex of the wheel were pheno below theeain, his strong arms wrapped around her waist He folded hiainst hers

“It’s breathtaking,” she sighed “I kneould be”

He turned her in his arms—the view replaced by his beautiful, somber face—and kissed her The caress was soft, sweet…oh-so-loving It was the once-in-a-lifetime kind of kiss that only two people at—what felt like—the very top of the world could experience And it was as breathtaking as the view

He released her lips and ain, without once relinquishing his hold on her He didn’t speak Which was just as well Speaking had beco very hard not to cry

That tender, earth-shattering kiss had only confir time

She had fallen for this man Tumbled head over heels Plummeted down a steep hill and landed in a crumpled heap at the bottom of a ravine It wasn’t pretty It wasn’t all rosy hearts and flowers

It was visceral and it was agonizing Because he was lost to her He had always been lost to her When he left, it was going to break her She knew that

Yet, having hi this moment…

It orth it

Ty watched as Vicki silently clicked through the pictures on his ca dessert and coffee Her face—usually so hts He had swapped out theher soo No snaps froht, those were too…different

Confusing

There had been a lot of interesting subjectface tiain The number of candid pictures he had taken of Vicki were borderline stalkerish Where before he would have taken a picture of a broken u, he hadthe u a few steps of the tap dance routine froin’ in the Rain

Noaited anxiously, keen to know she thought of his photography He was a total ainal But it was a part of him that he had never shared with anyone before now

“Can you email this one tothe carinned when he saw the picture she was requesting It was one of his favorites