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"But I digress," she continued, voice gone from wry to soft "You don’t need to follow every iamble But some, even ones that have burned you before, well, some of them you do Some of the sweetest moments in life co ave her a teary smile for that

Who knew better than Bev that second chances could work?

He was dressed nicely in a plain navy suit It was sieous in it His face was pretty neutral as I opened my front door It was a surprise visit, and I was certainly surprised Without even thinking, I opened the door to let him in I’d ain

"What’s going on?" I asked him, instantly suspicious by his smile It was a sweet, bland s

"I wasn’t expecting to see you again," I told him

"Oh Danika" His soft voice was full of reproach It was aled since our lastI’d never seen him do before I was instantly suspicious

"What’s in the case?" I asked hiht it ic trick That was, after all, what he did "Don’t tell er, lost the bland, and became mischievous "You could say that, I suppose"

What the hell did thathimself at home on my sofa He set the briefcase onit open He took out a small laptop that looked ridiculous as he opened it and started typing with those huge hands of his

Ito the sic trick

He just s his head "It’s a surprise Letup on here, and then I’ll show you"

Itoat on his screen

"Step one: Pick an adoption agency I already found one I hope you don’tbut researching it for the past week, so trustan infor to pound its way out of ed to keepabout?"

"Step two: Choose the country of adoption I’ve thought this over a lot, and I was thinking, and tell , that it doesn’t really oes faster if you choose a country yourself, so I went to the liberty of putting the the black velvet pouch out of the briefcase and pulling it open until there was just enough room for my hand to fit in "I think you should do the honors"

I put my hand in, mostly because it was so surreal that I couldn’t quite believe as going on I pulled out a small piece of paper that only said China

"China Perfect Now that that’s out of the way, Step three: Do a shit-ton of paperwork I’ve heard that part is a headache, but it’ll be orth it"