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“A house is just a building I have a feeling he ht love you more”

He couldn’t His pain would be unbearable if he did He’d already lost both Tricia and Gavin And now her, and Isabella

She couldn’t breathe for a second as the weight of it all crashed in on her

“He doesn’t love me,” she said “You’ve never even met him, so how could you say that?”

“Because I see what he’s done for you And I don’t just rinned at that last part

Amelia did, too, for a brief second

“You’ve softened, sweetie You’ve been happier in the past few months than I’ve ever seen you Ever”

“Because of Isabella”

“I’m sure that’s part of it, but look at you”

She glanced down And though she knew Angie wasn’t talking about her clothes, she couldn’t look her sister in the eye Wasn’t ready to see what Angie had already seen So she focused on the clothes, as though the ansould coly created She earing a pair of their high-end blue jeans fro, modified with a maternity

waistband A gift fro And a white, oversized cotton top that she’d picked up for a few bucks over the weekend because it was soft

The top wasn’t her style Butit felt good Better than any other shirt in her closet Being with Craig felt better than anything she’d ever known in her life

“What if you love him, Mel?”

She hoped she didn’t Hoped it would pass But even if it didn’t “It wouldn’t et married”

“Maybe you should think about that”