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"Nothing"

He walked toward her "It’s your parents, isn’t it?"

She shrugged, glad that he’d guessed wrong "They are who they are"

"What rong between theht between theuess they had different ideas of what kind of life they wanted to lead Mom alanted to keep up with the Joneses And Dad couldn’t care less as long as he could hang out with his buddies on Friday night and watch football the entire weekend Mom wanted more She used to be a very affectionate woman when I was little But Dad wasn’t He just wasn’t the cuddly type I think Moive it to her He wasn’t very de; they must have had sex After all, they had me"

Daniel brushed his knuckles over her cheek "It’s sad to see how things can go wrong between two people who once loved each other They did love each other once, didn’t they?"

"I would hope so, but I don’t re it All I re, my mother’s tears, and my father’s silence Maybe they loved each other at the very beginning, before they had h They just weren’t meant for each other"

"Not like we are" Daniel pressed a tender kiss on her lips

She reached for his hand, intertwining her fingers with his "Yes, not like you and I Still, I’ht too that they were ot married When they were in love"

"You shouldn’t worry You and I, we have a special connection" He took her hand and pressed it against the spot where his heart beat against his ribcage "I can feel it Without you, I don’t feel coht I didn’t need anybody But I do I need you And the last few days have shown me that when somebody hurts you, it hurts me just the same I feel it physically"

Sabrina slid her hand that lay on his heart farther up until it reached his nape She pulled him closer "I’ve never felt as loved as I feel now"

"That must be because I love youI ever dreao to this darn bachelor party, I’d show you"