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“No, it’s the future that counts I love you soyou’ll ether We could even make more babies, if you’d like”

She blinked “You’d want more kids?”

“Hey, the more the merrier But if you’d rather not, I’ll be happy with three Either way, DeeDee can invent one of her words for the complicated family we’ll make”

Kayla laughed and it was the most beautiful sound in the world “She’d love that”

“So how about it? Will you marry me and love me for the rest of our lives?”

KAYLA TOOK A DEEP, shuddering breath Jackson was choosing her instead of clinging to his wounds She could do the sa to follow him in that leap of faith

His hand was strong, and she re responsibilities through a long, difficult year with Morgan He loved his daughter and had never given up, though it couldn’t have been easy, and he hadn’t given up with Alex, either, howeverhis row as a hu

She hadn’t wanted to risk the pain of anther uarantee being safe fro yourself too fiercely carried too high a price, because itwithout love

“I love you and I want to marry you,” she said steadily

Jackson’s smile flashed like a Montana sunrise as he leaped to his feet and pulled her into his arms

ALEX HADN’T BEEN able to believe it when he’d looked up to see Morgan standing in front of hihed, and he realized she’d taken a picture of hi open

“Delete that,” he’d growled

“Not a chance,” Sandy had refused

Sandy’s an and insisted she eat with them

“Let’s go shock DeeDee, too,” Morgan suggested after they’d demolished a bucket of fried chicken “I want to see her face e show up”

But they didn’t get a chance to surprise DeeDee the way they’d hoped She was looking out theat Keri’s house and both of the