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Craig Har, and she kind of liked it that ith a little ard piece behind his ear curling slightly His eyes, when she finally aze, were as blue as the ocean on a perfect day No doubt blue Pure And they seeht inside her

She couldn’t have that

“I just can’t help feeling that you have an ulterior motive here,” she told him, more because she felt the need to push him away than because she was ready to have this conversation “You say you want no part of my child’s life, and yet, here you are”

“I a That child is ical responsibility”

He wasn’ther feel any better

“I coedy you’ve been through Losing not only your life partner, but the child you’d raised as a sonand then finding yourself powerless when you kneas being et it I really do I justit occurs toto fill some of the holes left in your life You lost your son because he wasn’t biologically yours, so now you’re trying connect with the child that is a result of your biological component”

No more than that A test-tube contribution Science

He bent his head, elbows on his spread knees, hands clasped

His fingers were long, on hands that looked like they could take on the world, or a tiny hand, with equal success

She wondered what those long legs would look like in jeans? And that torso, without an extra pound anywhereshirtless

She shook her head So it was kind of pleasant to know that her offspring had a handso to her

Nothing

His head raised abruptly, before she could pull her gaze away Those blue eyes caught her staring

“All I want is freedom,” he told her “The situation with Gavinit just hit hoood parents There’s so much out of my control”

Her baby being one of them, she wanted to say And didn’t want to say, too TheAnd she wasn’t a heartless bitch, even though she tried to pretend to be so prickly kept people away The fewer people she let get close, the less chance she had of screwing up again Of beco her actions be controlled by her feelings for another Making choices that maybe weren’t the best ones just to keep someone else happy