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.She lightly slapped my arm and pushed megently. Stop laughing, you re making me nervous.What happened, and why do we need to talk aboutit? She was beginning to have a little breakdown and all I could do was chuckle. Damn it, Gavin.Stop laughing.You re freaking me out.I reached out and grabbed her cheeks in my hands. Stop with the little breakdown.I just want totell you about my childhood, things I know you don t expect and then a couple of other things I wannarun by ya. I leaned in to give her a quick kiss before pulling back. Now eat your breakfast.Turning back around to finish my breakfast, I watched her from the corner of my eye.It took her afew minutes, but she eventually began to eat.*** Okay, so is this the part where you tell me you used to be a girl? She looked at me from thecouch as I took a seat beside her. Because I won t believe you.No one would ever believe that.I chuckled and gripped her waist, pulling her over onto my lap. Have I told you lately how crazy Ithink you are? Where the hell do you come up with this shit? I continued to laugh while she reachedout and attempted to twist my nipple.I grabbed her wrist and quickly raised her hand to my lips,kissing her palm.She calmed almost instantly. I love when you do that.I don t know why, but I do, she whispered.I winked at her and brushed my thumb over her wrist lightly, as I continued. Now if you re done acting all crazy, I need to tell you some things. Raising an eyebrow inquestion, I waited for her to agree. I wanna ask you to come back to Savannah with me Friday and stay the weekend.We ll stay atmy father s place. The smile that pulled at her lips almost made me laugh.I gripped her thigh andpulled her in just a little tighter. It may be a bad idea, but I want you with me.She crossed her arms over her chest and waited silently for me to continue. The chance of running into Nicole is pretty high.In fact, once she gets wind that I have anotherwoman with me, I m positive it will pique her curiosity.I just need to know that you ll be okay withthe chance.She nodded her head lightly. As long as you re okay with it.I m not intimidated by her, if that swhat you re asking. I want you to meet the man who raised me. I didn t take my eyes from hers as it sank in. The man? she paused. Not your parents? she asked.I shook my head. That s the other thing I wanted to tell you.I was the result of a teenagepregnancy.My mother gave me up after the delivery.Maria raised her hand to rest it on my chest, and I placed mine over hers. I was adopted when Iwas one by two of the greatest people I have ever known, Kathleen and Wayne Tennison.They wereolder, but that didn t stop them from taking in an infant.I swallowed hard and looked down at her lap. Kathy died when I was eleven.After that it wasalways me and Wayne.I looked for my real mom for a short time, but then I realized I had all the loveI needed from those two.If at some point in time my real mother contacts me, I would agree to meether.But I was blessed to have what I had, so there wasn t a reason to go looking for more. Last night, do you have any idea what you did for that little boy at the restaurant? She smiled andbit her lower lip. You took a heartbroken boy, who had recently lost both of his parents, and broughtjoy back to his life, even if it was just for a short time.He now has a happy memory to help himthrough his dark days. What? she gasped. He lost his parents? she asked, holding her hand to her chest. Yeah, that woman was his old babysitter.He lives in a boys home. Tears fell from her eyes andI wiped them away. But what I did wasn t enough.We need to do more, she insisted with determination in her eyes. But how do we? We should have asked, Gavin.We should have asked her how we could do more.I slipped my hand around the back of her neck and pulled her close, feathering a kiss across herlips. I did ask, baby.I know where he lives.I ve already planned on finding a way to be a part of hislife, even if it s just in a small way.You saying that you want that too just goes to show what Ialready knew.She tilted her head, her eyes still reddened from her recent tears [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]