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"She’s the irl Smart, funny, and sweet Resilient as hell You’d never know by seeing her now that she’d ever been through such hard tiaze over to mine "I can’t wait for you to h rateful he wanted me to meet the niece he adored Suddenly it felt like ere as connected as we had been during most of this trip, and the discouy back at the carnival disappeared Now our bond seeer

"I can’t wait to ator "And to see her reaction to her present"

"It’s not one and didn’t bring her back anything"

"She’ll adore it"

Rev stared down at the alligator "I just hope I have a kid like her one day"

I sucked in a harsh breath--hearing him state his desire to have children felt the saut In truth, it was er into my chest I had once spoken with the sauess it wasn’t too surprising he wanted a family--the vast majority of people did It was more about the way he had said the words, the desire that resonated in his tone There was not a doubt in my mind that he would make a wonderful father

While I could hear Breakneck’s words that it wasn’t impossible for me to be a mother, it did little to make me feel better

Thankfully, we arrived at the car then, and if Rev realized how his words had stung lad he hadn’t I’d always hated having someone’s pity, especially Rev’s

After Rev started the engine, the physical and eht up withiveme into his ar My eyelids snapped open, and I furiously took in s My chest rose and fell in painful, panicked breaths It took everything withinsoftly to hosts of the past allowed"

Tears stung my eyes at the kindness of his words and the fact that he was carrying me into the motel roohter into his shirt Soh to ward off the flashbacks I wasn’t back at the motel with the Diablos Instead, it was Rev, and only Rev, with me

After he kicked the door closed, Rev asked, "Do you want to change?"

Since I could barely keep my eyes open, I replied, "Just sleep"