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“Oh, you sweet babies, it rab the black one?” she asked, reaching for the gray-and-white kittens Without another word to hiing his tail

Nash re as he could rean’s independence Christ, that hat had snagged hiood head on her shoulders But now she see her life around him, not with him Maybe he deserved that

His jaw began working as he scooped up the last black kitten, who screeched at hi shape in his otta show her that I can raise you without fucking up, okay?”

The kitten ravenously screeched again

He took that as a yes

Chapter 11

The following teeks were a total blur Megan was either at work or at Nash’s house The burn on his shoulder had o away and discoloration that would likely fade as more time passed Or at least that’s what the doctor had said Besides that, whenever Nash napped and rested, she’d filled her tinored her with every other type of treat, one at a turtle’s pace, Gus would finally sit and lie down on coun to research the “stop” co to control that unruly side a bit That skill was infinitely harder to master But she hadn’t lost hope yet

The best part of all was that Nash hadn’t ht in the hospital And things between the to this new place where she went to bed wrapped in his arainst hers

Things were great Real great, actually Which hy after breakfast, she and Nash were pulling up to her parents’ house

After Nash parked the truck next to his an followed hi, a telling sign that he suspected telling their fa to suck She pressed her hand to her belly, feelinginside her Soon, she would start showing Eleven weeks pregnant now, she already had a little belly She couldn’t hide the baby for er

While Nash strode around the hood of his truck, Megan glanced at Jenny’s car All the decisions they hadup to this moment suddenly didn’ther skin hot “Maybe we shouldn’t do this today”

The ever-so-confident Nash squeezed her hand tight and tugged her forward “No backing out now” He took her hand and climbed the porch steps, and she followed hi, he turned to her “Besides, it’s better to get this over with Like a Band-Aid: rip it off fast, then we can clean up the mess”

“Please let’s not have blood,” she begged

He chuckled “We’ll be fine, Freckles”

She bit her lip, not having the same sense of calmness about all this Because while this see would not be fine at all