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Whatever happened, the doctor had filled the boy's ears with cholesterol mumbo jumbo and high blood pressure crap. He figured he had nothing to lose. If he went, he'd see his Ethel sooner, and if it didn't kill him, oh well. Now though, he had something to live for. He wanted to see his grandson married and settled down. That was part of his reason for being here after missing how ever many mornings. He and Lucille had talked long into the night about what to do next to get the word out. The boy had gone and looked at the house and even made an offer. But these young people nowadays waffled back and forth on what color shirt they should wear. He wasn't about to leave something this important up to them. "So I guess y'all seen my grandson tearing through town on that bike of his." The other three exchanged looks, but Clancy didn't miss it. He knew damn well that these men and their wives were the local media. He was one of them, wasn't he? They'd solved many a town problem right h
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While the old men were busy gossiping, Kyle was studying the menu. He wasn't looking forward to a repeat of yesterday, so he took the bull by the horn and ordered for both of them. She seemed a lot more relaxed, too, as she looked around, though he still sensed an edge. In time she'd get over that, he hoped. When the waitress came over, he got his back up, waiting for the cattiness to start. "Morning Kerry, you're a sight for sore eyes. I was just telling Jim the other day, Jim is my husband." This last was for Kyle. "I was just telling him that if we didn't see you around here soon, I was gonna have to come look for you; how you doing?" The older woman rubbed her shoulder affectionately and smiled. "I'm doing okay, Myra; how're you? Did Dana have the baby yet?" The two of them talked about babies and family while he watched her like a hawk. He'd come to know her well, and he knew that she was genuinely glad to be talking to the other woman. There was very little angst in her, an
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Kyle knew who the woman was before she was on them. Kerry had gone stone cold. "It's okay, sweetie." He whispered to her just as the other woman stopped in front of them with the stroller. He debated for all of two seconds before pulling her away and around the woman and heading for his bike. She was damn near catatonic when he put the helmet on her. "Look at me. Don't do this, don't let her see you like this." She nodded her head, but he knew she was too far gone inside her head for his words to mean much. Dammit, just when the day had been going so well. Her arms squeezed around him even tighter than usual, and he closed his eyes in silent prayer for a second. It fucked with him that she was hurt. It fucked with him even more that there was nothing he could do about it now. If the baby wasn't there, things would've gone differently, but what he had to say to that bitch would keep for another time. She'd done him a favor anyway, taking out the asshole before he came along. Bu
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Kyle was very pleased with the way the morning had gone. He hadn't heard back from the realtor about the offer, but he wasn't worried. If push came to shove, he'd give them what they were asking for. But no matter what, the house was hers. He'd never seen anyone get that excited over anything before. Then again, he'd never taken the time to notice before. And it had served another purpose. At least she wasn't sad about running into the other woman, at least not, so it showed. Things were coming at him hard and fast, and though he knew he had gramps' approval, there was someone else he needed to hear from. Someone he knew would give it to him straight and pull him back from the brink if he was moving too fast. It was one thing to play this shit out in his head, but another to make it real. He picked up the phone as he looked out across the way at his gramps and Lucille sitting in her front yard. "Hi ma, how's my fav...how's my favorite girl?" He actually stumbled on the word becau
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The way he handled her, even the way he made her feel, was totally different from anything she had known before. Paul had been controlling yes, and though she sensed the same in Kyle, his was not of the selfish kind. In fact, he seemed more and more interested in her well-being than anything else. Paul had always looked out for himself first and foremost. Even going so far as to make her feel guilty if she took even a little time for herself. He was the one who got the best of everything even when she was the one working, leaving only the dregs for her. She hadn't minded back then, had felt a certain sense of pride that she could do things for him-the big shot doctor in the making. Kyle, on the other hand, didn't seem the type to let anyone else take care of him. He was in complete control of who he was and didn't need to make her feel less than, the way Paul so often did. It made her wonder why she'd fought so hard to hold on and why, even now, she was still having such a ha
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For the next two weeks, when he wasn't busy dealing with his business, they were together. He'd sit on the couch on his own laptop while she wrote, making sure she took breaks to eat or go outside to enjoy the sun. They'd been able to avoid the asshole and his twat in all that time even though they went into town a few mornings to have breakfast and then again for dinner. She was smiling more these days, too, and their make-out sessions had gone from mere kisses to some heavy as fuck petting that always left him hungry. The house closing was coming up soon, and she still didn't know that he'd bought her favorite house. He'd taken her back there one day when she complained of being in a slump with her writing. It had perked her right up. There was only one hitch in his stride when he had to make a quick trip back home for an overnight run. It had been hell. He felt like a bitch all the way there on the plane and called her as soon as he'd landed. He was a maniac at the office,
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She wasn't stupid. She'd been studying him as much as he was her. She knew he wasn't spending all that time with her for nothing, but before she gave into her body's needs, she needed to be sure that she wouldn't be crushed when it was all said and done. She was close to making up her mind to just go to bed with him if he ever got around to asking. But she wanted to be sure that she would be able to pick up the pieces once he left. "Say hi for me too." She had no idea he'd told his parents about her, he tended to be very tight-lipped about such things, but that was another little morsel to tuck away in her keepsake box - the one she was building in her heart. He hated that for even one second; she'd felt what she just had. It was his aim never to give her a moment's pain; that's why he'd been taking it slow. He had no idea when she was going to be ready, but he knew he wasn't going to be able to hold himself in check for much longer. Not if she kept lighting up like that each tim
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Kyle rushed through his morning meetings and tidied up some stuff so that he wouldn't have to be back for a long time. He couldn't wait to get back to his little pain in the ass, princess. He touched his inside jacket pocket to make sure the box from Harry Winston was there and patted the packages on the seat next to him. She'd probably be pissed that he'd had the ring designed and rushed even before he knew he had to fly out; she'd see it as him planning her life. Which, in fact, he was. If he waited for her to make up her damn mind, he'd be as old as gramps. No, this involved him too; this was his future; she was his future. No way was he going to let her ex-husband and his shit fuck that up for him. He'd decided last night after they hung up that he wasn't going to play the game the same once he got back there. Maybe it was his fault that he'd leashed himself thinking that she needed that, but that might've been wrong. She'd already had one pansy-ass bitch for a husband; what
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