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erable. Why you made me so miserable. I can't say I enjoyed it. But I understand." |
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His fingers moved a bit in hers, and D.J. sat up straighter. Perhaps he did hear her. She continued, her voice becoming stronger as she went on. "I'm in love, Dad. He's wonderful. I didn't want to love him. I didn't believe love existed, or if it did, I thought it made a person as miserable as you were all your life. I didn't want to be so miserable." |
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His fingers grasped hers with surprising strength, and Ed's eyes snapped open. Green eyes met green eyes as he stared into her face." Grab love while you can, Daphne." D.J. blinked when he used her true name for the first time she could remember. "I was wrong to behave the way I did. I ruined my life and nearly ruined yours. I should have cherished the one gift she was able to give meyou. But I didn't have the strength to live the life we'd planned together without her to share it with me. And I didn't have the strength to give up and go to her either. You're stronger than I ever was. You're just like her, a fighter from the beginning. You might look like me, but you always reminded me of her." |
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"I thought I looked like her. I thought that was why you couldn't stand to look at me." |
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He shook his head. "You act like her. You talk like her. You hold your head just like her. She was strong. So are you. You'll be okay." |
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"Yeah, I will." She squeezed his hand and leaned closer. They had so little time, and she had so many questions. "Tell me more about her, Dad. If you don't now, I won't have a part of her to keep when you're gone." His eyes slid closed, and D.J.'s heart |
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