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Fortunately, Theo was as sappy as I was He wrapped his arms around me and whispered, “I love you so much”

“I love you, too And I know that coupon book is childish, but I just wanted to make you smile”

“It’s sweet and was reat,” he told ave you”

“Which I adore and ae It rapped in shiny paper with green Baby Yodas in Santa hats “There’s oneto open”

Theo grinned and said, “Your wrapping paper is al as your T-shirts”

“If entertaining is a euphemism for immature, then yes”

He placed the coupon book beside the signed paperback, then unwrapped a fralanced at ift obviously coe cherry tree at your favorite nursery, even though I know for a fact it’s way too big to fit into your yard”

He flashed me a smile as he asked, “Did you really?”

“Yup They’veand not for sale I hope we find a place for it so you buy for the clinic happens to have a yard, maybe we can plant it there and watch it burst to life with pink flowers every spring Or if not, the nursery’s owner says it can stay there as long as ant Forever, even”

“It won’t be there forever” He said that confidently “In fact, we canwith an outdoor space, which actually sounds like a wonderful addition to the community center”

“There’sto give you, but that tree is actually part of our history”

“It is?”