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“I went to school to be a nurse but quit when I had the babies”

“And your parents?”

Yes Then there was that “My mother died when I was nine” Eyes on the water, she tried to ignore theher so intently “She was in a car accident The roads were bad and she hit a patch of black ice”

“I’m sorry”

“That’s e moved here I have no idea why my dad chose Gravenhurst because we’d never been out of the city But living in a house ofhe could do” She paused, voice a little shaky “He loved it up here and he did e to find some kind of happiness”

“That’s good,” Teague said quietly

“It was good for a while He died ahis rose bushes and had a heart attack I found hiot hione”

“Jesus,” Teague said roughly, pushing off fro her

Things she didn’t like to think about—things she’d tucked away into the s her head

“I walked myself down the aisle” Sabrina’s eyes

slammed shut as the pain of her loss hit her squarely in the chest “I couldn’t bear the thought of anyone but my dad on my arm, so II did it on my own”

“Oh Bree, you’ve been through a lot for so”

His voice was gentle and she nearly cried out when he touched her ar her into his arms

She needed this His touch His s her and taking some of that burden

“So have you,” she whispered without thinking