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She leaned forward and gave ht smells sexy”

My chest clenched, and I finally said the words that had been tearing at my insides “It’sway too fast Stuart doesn’t do fast I knew he doesn’t do fast going in”

“What other choice did you have?” A tear slid down ht squeeze “What about the dreams?”

“They stopped”

“That’s significant, right?”

“I don’t know” My voice was a whimper “I don’t know about any of this anymore”

She sighed, thinking “Well, I know I love you Lane? Do you love Aunt Mare-Mare?”

“Yes!” A little blond head popped up at the foot of my bed He looked so much like Patrick, which in turn meant he looked a lot like

“Hop on Aunt Mare-Mare!”

His little body plowed up the mattress and in another blink the three of us were in a ball of hugs We stayed that way a few seconds, until Kenny pulled him up

“Get dressed, and we’ll drive you to the gym”

She wasn’t backing down I’d have to go with her and start the process whether I wanted to or not With a sigh, I pushed the covers down and staggered toto be a horrible day

Stuart

Derek had driven Bill’s Ford out to the cabin, so Patrick rode back on Ranger I wasn’t in a particular hurry to collect the few things I’d carried out here with e of clothes

“Traveling light these days?” He watched fro into a small duffel