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“How can I not? I should’ve followed her What was I thinking? God I don’t want to be responsible for losing another child”

“You didn’t lose the first one That was a freak incident You know this”

“That’s not how it felt when I realized she was gone”

“Ohher up into his lap “You love so hard This is exactly why you’re the perfect hter, and wife for me You are a part of this fa inside his pocket, he pulled out a black case “Estelle Poppy Knoll, will you marry me and be Jocelyn’s mother?” He opened the case to reveal the flower-shaped platinu with diamonds around the two karat square in the center

“You still want me?”

“Sweet girl, I ant you until my last breath You owe me a yes”

She sniffed “Yes”

He grinned like an idiot “I’eether”

“Yeah?” she asked, giggling

“Yeah, and that’s enerous”

She held out her hand, and he slipped the ring onto her finger, feeling complete

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The rest of the month was a blur of insanity as Es made plans with Kali and Jolene He did his best to stay out of their way as they poured over azines, ohh-ed, ahh-ed, and teared up He’d taken to spending as much time at the Clubhouse as possible They’d avoided a war, presenting a strong front as they visited their sister chapters during their run The incident with the IRA coone soft He hadn’t understood why Mike had chewed hi around Now they were in a good place, and he was back on track as Vice President

It took a lot of different gears to keep thesmoothly

“You been spending a lot of tietthey’d decided to have in the backyard The girls had masterminded and he foot the bill, happy to be excluded fro