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“And you waited”

“And prayed” A lot

“I’et back to work,” Kacey said tentatively, as though the news ht upset Lacey

“I know, Kace It’s okay You’ve got a gift”

“I’ to miss you”

“I’ to miss you, too”

“So, I was thinkingthere’s no reason why I can’t commute on weekends At least on weekends when I don’t have an event to attend”

“Your roos in the bathroos at Kacey’s condo And still had her key, too

“I’ out with anyone who doesn’t seem like someone I’d want to marry someday,” she said

“Good”

“You knew I’d get to this point, didn

’t you? That’s why you never took uy”

“I hoped But if you ended upone of your fancy-pants but empty-hearted suitors, I’d have welcomed him into our family”

“This time with Levi I want kids of my own”

“I want to be a mother, too” To Levi, someday, if she and Jem made it to that point And to children of her own