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Thetrooper He runs the business and helps take care of a mini army at ho up—involved, affectionate, and flat out cool He s that made him stand out as the years rolled by and we both took on more responsibility It’s ades and parenthood He was the first exanant

“We should bring out lare,” Houston says as he finishes off his water, and pitches the bottle into the recycling bin

“I’ to think you’re afraid of your wife, bro,” I say, amused

“I keep telling you, I’m cautious”

I help hi of ice and carry it out back

“Thanks, guys” Liv flashes us a bright grin

“Anytiainstfor a ring

Chapter Fifteen

Quinn

“Honey, I’m home,” I call as I step inside the two-story red brick hoether Thirty minutes from his previous home and forty-five minutes from mine, it’s the perfect new location It feels safe and res that had happened to us The high-tech alarm system attached to live service twenty-four hours a day helps Once we began to bring our own things inside the hoed to create a new space for our memories to live on in

After hanging my keys on the hooks on the wall, I shut and lock the door

“Ollie?” I did an indie horror est we’ve been apart for nearly a year

“I’m out back, sassy,” he calls

I s delicious reaches asp at the elaborate spread he’s set out on the patio Candles line the table and various other surfaces to create a rone rests in a silver bucket I knoe didn’t have when I left

“Ollie?”