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“Dinner’s ready?” she asked instead

“Yes,” Jack replied, nodding to Brett as he e pan on the picnic table “Sabrina will be down in a minute”

Jack leaned against the table, his eyes ?” he asked

“Better than ever,” Brett replied “I like your girl”

Donovan’s eyes slid away, and she watched the kids as they clambered out of the water and ran toward them

She wanted that She wanted to be Jack’s girl

She wanted his baby

She thought of Brett and Sabrina and their bittersweet, tragic story Maybe Brett was right Her story wasn’t over Maybe everything keeping her and Jack apart didn’t matter Maybe Cooper’s threats didn’t ht froo? Maybe it was time to tell Jack that story

Maybe it was time for Donovan to write her own story Time for her to face some hard truths To admit to past mistakes and take a chance on the only man she would ever love

Of course the question was, did she have enough balls to do it?

Chapter Nineteen

It was just before eleven when Jack and Donovan headed up to his place, but it felton little sleep, and a full day on the water with the kids hadn’t helped

It had been one hell of a weird day, and he was just about ready for it to be over He’d barely exchanged tords with Donovan since the hout the evening So was about to happen He could feel it

But what?

He watched as she cradled Coco and picked her way along the path in the dark Her hair was loose, the long blond tangles falling halfway down her back and the breeze played with the ends Dressed in one of his old sweatshirts, she looked so da in There were solar lights along the path but still, the steps were uneven, and he was ready to catch her if she stumbled