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“I figure now you can get cable and Internet in here All that’s ”

“You starting building this when … God, Tom What if it hadn’t worked out?”

He shrugged “I would have sold it But it belongs here”

She caainst his cheek “Thank you so much It’s just what this room needed”

“You’re welcome”

His heart began ha in earnest now and his hand went to his pocket, touching the box nestled inside the cotton “There’s more, Abby”

“More?” Her eyebrows rose He wasn’t sure he’d ever seen her eyes so blue Maybe it was too early Maybe he should wait …

But he didn’t want to wait He didn’t want to give her the chance to get away, didn’t want to waste any time when he’d already learned that time could be far too short

Abby looked up at To what more he could possibly surprise her with today The entertainift, and it meant even more because he’d made it with his own hands She was startled to realize that every room in this house had a bit of Tom in it He was everywhere she turned, and she couldn’t ever re this happy

He’d become more than a friend He’d becoentle and considerate, knowing she needed it He’d been passionate and giving, and she’d needed

that, too Never in her wildest dreained the completeness she felt in Tom’s arms

The last few days she’d felt like she had si

He squeezed her hands,her look up into his face, so handso started to wind its way through her body

“I love you, Abby,” he said “God knows I didn’t want to I was—I am—a bit afraid to But I love you anyway You came in and shook me out of my rut until I didn’t knohich as up You scared , even my sanity sometimes”

“I think we both questioned our sanity,” she said, an e her lips