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“Every word She’s mine For better or worse, she’s stuck with me for the rest of her life I was a fool to think I could let her go, that she’d be better off elsewhere”

“Good She loves you Not that that doesn’t ive you a run for your money at times”

“That she will,” he agreed, sinking onto the sofa next to her “You going to help me keep her in line when she does?”

A look of guilt passed over her face “Who knohere either of us will be when Carrie’s older?”

Then he knew Natalie planned to leave Memphis

A neave of panic swept over him Different from the one that had hit hi, but one that ripped at his insides all the same

“When?”

“When what?”

“When are you leaving?”

“I’m sorry” She went to stand “I didn’t mean to stay beyond my welcome”

He grabbed her wrist, pulled her back down beside him “That isn’t what I mean and you know it”

“I can’t give you an answer on where I’ll be in ten years”

“Or even in six months?”

Another flash of guilt contorted her face “I’d rather not discuss it”