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"Yeah? Anyway, I wanted to give you so of tokens from the pizza place in Moorcroft where we had our first date"

"As a token of your affection?"

"Pretty pun-tastic, huh?" She gave hiet it You know oes So you have to know ers over his lips "You don’t have to explain I was a jerk I trust you Period"

He nipped her fingertips "I’onna tell you anyway Her son Hayden is Buck’s little buddy Hayden wanted to do soive them some ideas"

"That’s all?"

"Yep So now--"

"Now you need to listen," India blurted "First, I’ like a lus about you I lashed out at you when I should’ve lashed out at her It’ll never happen again and I’ll beat the living shit out of anyone who casts doubts on your character"

"Including my ing, that’s for daain, neither aht for you"

"That’s a little extrey accepted"

"Second, it was a cheap shot, questioning your coht I should be your safe harbor, not the crashing waves dragging you down" India fiddled with the button on his shirt "I’ether after you left I, ah, had to call Bert"

"Ah Indy" He rested his forehead to hers "You okay?"

"Now? Yeah Then? No I was a mess I needed help I wasn’t too proud to ask for it That…feeling had been building for a while and I ignored it So the near relapse reht I had addiction whupped, but I don’t I never will"

Colt knew no h to fight his addictions on his own, he never would’ve ood with that

"Lastly, the reason I asked for space was because it freaked me out when I realized we had unprotected sex ave ed the baby bullet"

"What about themonth?"

"The Xs for the next month were so I’d knohen I went on the pill, which days we’d have to use condoht about it…the charts shouldn’t have surprised him That was exactly what India always did, planned for every contingency "You want to go on the pill? Why?"

"I like sex without a condo ‘oops’ issue we have to deal with now, because we didn’t use a condonant" She searched his eyes "You know I didn’t do it on purpose, right? I’d never take that choice away from you"

"I know And it wasn’t just you, Indy, it was both of us throwing caution into the wind If you’re pregnant, you’re pregnant

It wouldn’t be a big oops in my mind anyway"

"What?"

"Your sister has little kids; reat opportunity for the? We should have a baby so our kid will have cousins?"

"No That ain’t the reason" Colt cupped her face in his hands