Chapter Twenty

Rick and Faith lay tangled and exhausted in her sexy satin sheets.“We need to be careful, or we may wind up getting hurt one day,” he managed, winded.“There are definitely worse ways to go,” Faith replied, still panting a bit. “But if we keep this up, I’ll need to start doing yoga so I’m more flexible.”Seeing the lustful gleam in Rick’s eyes reignite at that comment, she patted his ass.“Down boy.”And they grinned that grin that lovers share afterward.Rick laughed, and his guard was down, and it was out before he knew it.“I’m so in love with you, Faith Thomas.”She stiffened, then sat up.“What?”He couldn’t take it back. And he didn’t want to.So, he went all in and pressed ahead.“I said, I’m in love with you, Faith Thomas. Utterly and completely.”“Um,” she stammered.“Um?” he parroted, an eyebrow raised, waiting.“I…I…,” she faltered. “I…”“Too soon,” he said dejectedly. “In fairness, I’ve felt it since the very first time I saw you. But I figured you weren’t even close to r

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Chapter Twenty-One

Jandy arrived a little before four-thirty a.m.“Any word?” she asked, as she hugged him.“Not yet.”“Everything’s going to be okay,” she reassured him.Rick left a message for Faith’s boss while Jandy contacted Sarah and Nathan to let them know what was happening.Then they settled in for the wait.***A little before six a.m., Dr. Davis came out to talk to them.“Okay,” he said, sitting on the little table in front of them. “Here’s what we found.”Rick and Jandy grabbed each other’s hand and looked at him expectantly.“The mass we saw in the sonogram was solid, not a cyst as I had hoped. I thought we might be able to just remove it, but its location and size meant we had to take the uterus completely, along with her left fallopian tube that contained the ectopic pregnancy. The mass did look suspicious; we’ll be testing to see if it’s a malignant growth.”Rick winced. Jandy squeezed his hand.“How soon before we know anything?” he asked.“We should have the biopsy results back within

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Chapter Twenty-Two

Faith stretched and looked at her watch on a Friday afternoon four weeks later. Almost five o’clock. She and Rick had a date night scheduled right after Book Keepers closed.And Faith frowned, which was totally unlike her when Rick was the subject.He’d been acting strange ever since her health scare, and she had no clue why.She didn’t like it one bit. And if it continued, a very heavy conversation would happen very soon.Fool me once…she thought, shaking her head.***Rick had indeed been very distracted lately. Faith had no way of knowing why because he’d done an excellent job of not giving anything away.He hated keeping secrets. But the wait was almost over.Tonight, he’d be able to finally confess to her, about everything.He just hoped she’d understand.***A little after five p.m. Faith texted that she was on her way home. When she got there, Micah, Rick’s employee, smiled and waved from behind the register.That’s odd. Rick didn’t say anything about Micah being on today…“Mic

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