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Loretta stepped back “There is so I have wondered all this time” She folded her arms “Annabel told us about the baby the day after she found out, the day after you both found out But I didn’t get to talk to her much before she died She caoing between you two She didn’t know at that tiirl, but I know she had an ultrasound scheduled”

Hazel wished she could give the three some privacy She felt this was a very personal moment

“She was at twenty weeks,” Callun of a penis and the doctor said ere having a girl”

Loretta covered her mouth with her hand as a sob wrenched her

Hazel lowered her gaze, feeling she intruded too much

“She was thrilled,” Callum said “So was I”

Hazel looked at hiht curve of his lips the ical moment for hiical didn’t co the miracle of life could do to a person

As she realized the depth of his eht of the risk to her heart settled in His journey to healing wasn’t over And she had been instruht be the rebound woman

The iap-toothed smile pierced her Her innocent eyes Her tiny, soft-skinned fingers The way she so When she talked to buh she did respect the aphid eaters She didn’t want to involve her child in a tenuous relationship with a hopeful father figure who had so ht to bear But the more time she spent with Callum, the more she felt like it was out of her control

Chapter 12

Callu that visit

He rateful for her support despite how sheabout his and Annabel’s special moment could not have been easy

She had been quiet all the way to the hotel near the airport and now surfed channels on the television Their flight back to Arizona was in theCallum couldn’t explain his need to make it up to her, to tell her that Annabel’s e as much as it used to A voice said Hazel ive it any credence

Going to the suite phone, he called roone with strawberries and requested a delayed dinner of steak and crab When he hung up and turned to Hazel, he saw her looking at him peculiarly

“I figured we could use a nice dinner tonight,” he said