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Less than fiveslowed so they were side by side, and asked, “Is Isabella a family name?”

He’d been thinking about her, and her daughter, nonstop Of course

“No, why? Don’t you like it?”

As in, it must be a family name or why else choose it? He hoped to God that wasn’t what she’d thought hein, while telling hi in at all

He knew that Isabella was going to be well cared for Well loved

His job was done here Except that she’d asked a question Where or not he liked the nahter’s health by giving her mother this opportunity to exercise For another three or four weeks Once she entered her third trie her balance abilities, they would stop

So that’s when he’d be done Done with the job he’d set hi

Right Made sense He couldn’t let go just yet But in a feeeks, he’d bow out for sure And learn then how to live with the love growing inside him for both the mother and her child

“I like the naht lift off hio “I like it a lot, actually” He really did, when he allowed himself to think about it “It sounds kind of royal, yet sweet, at the same time”

When she didn’t say anything right away, he continued, “I just thought, by what you’d said on Sunday, that you weren’t picking names yet” He hoped to God his asinine response to her news hadn’t offended her Made her doubt him

He’d wanted to know She’d given hi him She’d shared the neith him first

And he’d reacted like a selfish ass

“I didn’t think I was I irl, the name was just there, in my mind”

“I guess it’s good that it wasn’t a boy, then, huh? Isabella ht not have worked as well”

“He was going to be Winchester,” she said “Win for short” She pedaled in silence for a few feet and then added, “I hadn’t made a choice, really They were just the naht about it”