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“There’s no way I’ot a tattoo after Shaas born”

Ginger started chewing on her thumbnail She opened her mouth to speak but stopped, then turned away from me, and pulled on a pair of shorts

“I should have gotten it lasered off or so, but—”

“But you na the same initials, instead”

She nodded as she turned back around “Like you said, I wouldn’t have gone to get one, nor was I going to go see someone to take it off for the same reasons”

“The scar?”

She nodded again “A other reasons”

I stepped closer and pulled her into an embrace I rested my hands at the top of her waistband and slid my thumb under her shirt to stroke the small of her back She didn’t relax into id like when I’d touched her o

I debated on if I wanted to ask the question that’d been on nificant others all the time They were in love and wanted to display that love for all to see So what she’d done wasn’t completely crazy, but at the saer

“Can I ask why you got it?”

She placed her hands on ainst me She took slow, controlled breaths I slidto rest on the back of her neck I gently ed while I waited for her to deal hatever she restling with Her hesitanceto do with love

I cupped her face and gave her a kiss on her forehead “It’s okay, baby, you don’t have to answer”

I let her go and headed over to my dresser for a pair of shorts I pulled my shirt off and dropped it on the floor, followed by er still standing where I’d left her, with ar off into space

I walked over to the wall “Lights out”

She looked over atunder the covers I watched as she turned onto her side, facing the wall, which ht about curling up behind her but thought better of it This seemed to be one of those tiet I flipped ontoat the opposite wall