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
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idn
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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look. He w
was
is voice firm, controlled. "I don't care where yo
re, my grip on
i
ntrol, he would
ong as you don't use
ickered. "I
t laugh
eading towa
y from over my sho
hand, but his
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the car, I di
new one
wasn't done