‘I want a second chance. You told me that if we parted then we parted for ever. And that was terrible.’
‘I have no memory of saying any such thing,’ he said placidly. ‘You must have imagined it.’
She was silent a moment. Then, ‘Yes, I must have imagined it.’ It simplified things.
‘Is there anything else I can put you right on? You do remember what we said to each other when we got out of bed that morning?’
‘I remember,’ she agreed. ‘More or less, I remember. We said that we loved each other. And now that we’ve got the practicalities out of the way, I’d like to kiss you. Just lie there and endure it.’ Nothing like being frank, was there?
So she kissed him. She was bent uncomfortably over a hospital bed, there was that faint but pervasive hospital smell, she knew she must be careful not to disturb him. So it was a gentle kiss but it was a kiss like coming home. It comforted her and excited her, it wiped out the bad memories of the past and promised so much for the future, it was just…How much nearer could she get to heaven?
‘I have wanted to kiss you since the first time I saw you in that crashed van,’ he said. ‘I’ve kissed you properly four times since then, and each time I’ve not been able to sleep afterwards because of the joy it brought me. And now I can have that joy for ever.’
Kelly thought of the way she had been feeling the evening before—she had been considering whether to go to New Zealand. And now see how she felt! Life couldn’t be better.
‘Something I’ve got to tell you, Luc, something I’ve said before but I want to say again.’
He looked at her in mild surprise. ‘That is?’
‘I love you, Luc Laforge. And I love your daughter too.’
‘Now, that is very satisfying. ‘Because we love you back.’
What more was there to say?
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Table of Contents
Cover
Excerpt
About the Author
Title Page
Dedication
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Copyright
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