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“Thank you,” I said We both knew I didn’t just mean for the handkerchief

“Of course” He replied

After today,to have to have a serious talk Everything thishe did hadOne minute I wanted to murder him and the next I want to wrap my arms around him and bury my face in his chest

Hawk kept a baseball hat pressed around the fraht that was soe and anyone within five feet of hinize him—especially women

It didn’t help that every five minutes there was a story about the Sharks on the news The city was taking the playoffs bid to epic proportions His fame and popularity was out of control

Thesnowflakes in every corner Hawk trudged forward to one of the shoe stores I rolled one with shirts and pants first, but I wasn’t the one leading the shopping expedition

He pointed to a wall of shoes “Pick any that you want You can buy all of therinned widely

I tugged on his ar him away from an awestruck Hunter

“What’s wrong?”

I spoke softly “Balance He needs so everything”

“I just want hi”

“I know it has” I wanted to reach up and wrap my ar on the spot Did he have any idea how adorable he was being? “But you have to act like a parent, not an uncle There’s a difference”

“Shit,” he muttered “Ok Got it”

He walked back over to Hunter “Bud, listen Pick your favorite five That’s all we can get today”

Hawk looked at le slip “Five?”