HIS EX WIFE CAME BACK

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king against the stone pavement. The air was cool, crisp

ors opened, an

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me like he was seeing a ghost. His eyes swept over me-my sle

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ments smooth, unhurried, con

g me, as if waiting for me to slip up, waiting f

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s you now?" His voice was lo

ding to think. "Yes," I

t my house, and now you're-

't eve

er married, Johnny. My l

in his ja

on this

l, quick footstep

om

as fast as they could. I knelt just in time to catch him, wrapping

ed into his curls. "

I missed you too! I drew pictures f

his hair from his face. "

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to my arms, hol

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hing. His face unread

look. He w

was

is voice firm, controlled. "I don't care where yo

re, my grip on

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ntrol, he would

ong as you don't use

ickered. "I

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hand, but his

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the car, I di

new one

wasn't done