Dodge’s knees cracked as he stood up and patted the boy’s shoulder. “I’ll do my best.”
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The doors to the deck flew open. Sarah turned and saw Dodge, his face lit with annoyance. Lyle and Kevin stood beyond him in the den, their eyes huge.
“Hang up the phone,” Dodge ordered.
She stood in shocked amazement, but didn’t move.
“Hang up the damn phone.”
“Why?”
Dodge ripped the phone from her hand, slapped it closed, and threw it in a chair. “Because when I tell you I love you I’d like to have your full attention.”
Sarah would have slipped to the floor if he hadn't grabbed her shoulders and yanked her against his chest. “Wait…what?”
Dodge leaned down and kissed her. Sarah could barely open her eyes when he'd pulled away.
“I love you, too. Damn it.” He twisted his body toward the door to speak to Kevin and Lyle with Sarah tucked tight in his arms. “I’m in love with your mother,” he announced in the same conversational tone he might use with a friend. “Do you two have a problem with that?”
Sarah watched in amazement as Kevin and Lyle, stunned into silence, shook their heads with matching baffled grins.
“Good.” Dodge returned his gaze to Sarah. “Do you have a problem with that?”
“No. I don't have a problem with that.”
He kissed her again. “Say it back.”
Sarah held on to him with everything she had, stole a glance at her sons watching raptly from inside the den, and looked into the eyes of her future. “I love you, A.J.”
The End
About the Author
Christy Hayes writes romantic women’s fiction. She lives outside Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband, two children and two dogs.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
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