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"I think he let it slip," she said "I guess she booted her husband on the excuse of their hts, but it was really because she was in love with Brad And he knew it"
"Oh,withto surprise hinant"
"Aw, honey," he said, stroking her arm "Maybe it’s best that didn’t work for you, under the circumstances But this could be different Your eyes should be wide open I’ht be wise to do soin River"
"Details" She smiled "I’ve never felt ht made a baby, it will be a beautiful baby I don’t want Mel’s help to make sure it doesn’t stick If it’s there, it’s yours--and I want it"
"Then that’s hoill be," he said He kissed her deeply, passionately "Whatever you want"
"I don’t want this to end"
"There’s no end in sight,the h it had been on his mind It was a pure accident that he happened to see the door open and Brie step out He glanced at his watch--eleven Alht behind her was Mike Probably he should have turned away, but he didn’t His sister looked so sirlish in her jeans, ht brown hair cascading down her back almost to her waist
She stood in front of Mike and he lifted her chin, pressing an intimate kiss to her lips Even from this distance it was easy to see they were not anxious to be parted But in a moment Mike pulled himself away and went to his SUV to leave while Brie walked toward the back door of the bar
Jack went behind the bar quickly so as not to get caught watching He picked up a perfectly clean glass and began to wipe it with a towel The door opened and Brie walked in, and he almost took a step back He had never seen her look this way She was radiant There was an expression on her face, a glow in her eyes, a secret smile on her lips that said voluht up to hilass and towel and wrapped his ar her close
All Jack had wanted since June was to have his sister back, well and whole, restored Happy and alive, without that fuzzy blotch of fear and uncertainty around the edges of her aura like a se He wanted his Brie back, renewed and a force in the world once again Jack hadn’t been able to give that to her--none of the fa woman in his eh the old Brie was merely back, but this was a new Brie--a wo love and life as if for the first ti tis that he knew intis he had discovered in his wife’s arms What Brie needed in her life, what everyone needed, was perfect love He’d found that with Mel, Preacher had found it with Paige and now… He kissed the top of her head
She lifted her head to look up at him In a voice soft and sincere, she said, "You are never to doubt hi the hair at her teave his head a very slight shake--never again, he was saying to her Brie had chosen her mate And for all Jack’s previous doubts, it appeared she had chosen well