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I shrugged "She's in a wheelchair on oxygen, but mostly, she can't afford it"

"I could put Candace's mom up in the same hotel as you," Luke replied "I could pay her way to Manhattan from Portland"

"Really?" I poured us both aof coffee "You'd do that?"

"I'll get her a wheelchair accessible suite and she can have her own bedroom," Luke offered "She'd have room service covered too for food All you'd have to do would be arrange for a taxi equipped for wheelchairs to the hospital and back"

I shookwhether Mrs Carter would accept "I know that she's on a very tight budget"

"It would make me happy to be able to do it," Luke said "You could stay at the sa rooms if you want I just wanted to make your stay as comfortable as possible"

"I know," I said and reached out across the table to take his hand, squeezing it "I appreciate your generosity I'll call the hotel and see if I canrooms She should be there, just in case"

"She should"

"What about you? Are you okay that I'?"

"Of course," he said "I' Brazil and the east coast with me"

"I'll go there next year with you," I said and dug into s "We'll take a trip around South Ao and then to Machu Picchu"

"It's a plan," he said and leaned over the table to kiss me

"It's a plan," I said and held out my hand "Pinky swear?"

He grinned "Pinky swear"

We hooked our pinky fingers together and smiled at each other