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senses and marry the girl he had picked out for you.
What? I told him years ago, I d marry when I was damn good and ready and that the choice would
be mine. After all, I m the one who has to live with that decision the rest of my life. I m sorry, Hunter
said, shaking his head. I should have known he was lying. I knew his hatred of the mundanes ran deep,
but I never thought he d do something evil like this. And I certainly had no idea of his plans. Can you
ever forgive me?
You, I forgive. Him, no. But what happened to you? Why did it take so long for you to come back?
I thought you didn t care about me anymore.
First off, he said, sliding off his chair to his knees beside her. I never stopped caring for you.
Hell, this might seem like a crummy time to say it, but I love you.
Suzie felt tears pricking her eyes. He loved her? But why did you leave me for so long? she said in
a lost little girl voice, fat tears rolling down her cheeks. I was so afraid and lonely.
After I flew off with the Dragon, it was hours before he finally landed and we fought. He s dead, by
the way. He won t be coming back to hurt you or the children. But he hurt me, bad. I thought I was a
goner, but some woodsmen came by and took me to their hut in the woods. They treated me best they
could. Still, it was almost a week before I was coherent enough to tell them who I was. Then, it was
almost another week before help arrived. When I did finally get home, I was still sick. The wounds had
gotten infected. My mother spent days healing me. When I finally recovered, my father gave me his
version of events. I spent a week moping around, depressed and cursing you. Then Nat asked me why
the hell didn t I come back and confront you. Lay the demons to rest, so to speak.
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Oh my God. I never realized, gasped Suzie, still crying. I ve seen the way your mother can heal. I
guess it never occurred to me it might be a rare talent in your world. All this time I ve been sitting here
thinking you didn t care. Or that your father had managed to convince you to marry some proper little
lady.
Never! he said vehemently, his eyes earnest. The only person I want to marry and spend my life
with is you and the twins.
Sweet words, but, Your father will never agree.
To hell with my father!
Suzie felt like dancing, even as the tears kept rolling down her cheeks damn hormones! He loved
her. He hadn t left her or abandoned her. It was a scheme by his father to separate them. Talk about a
Romeo and Juliette story. Except here they had a chance at a happy ending now that the truth had come
out.
Speaking of which, Suzie knew it was time to tell him her news. He deserved to know. She only
hoped it didn t scare him off. Sure, he d talked about starting a family, but that had been just talk. She
being pregnant that was a whole different kettle of fish. She opened her mouth to tell him, bracing
herself mentally for his reaction, when she heard voices out front.
It can t be, muttered Hunter, getting up and trying to peer through the archway to his front bay
window.
Is that your dad I hear? asked Suzie as the voices got louder. Oh yeah, she d recognize that harsh
tone anywhere. And the softer one, could it be Beverly? What s going on?
Sounds like my mom, too. Come on, he said, grabbing her hand and pulling her up. Let s go find
out what s going on. I have a few things I d like to say to the commander.
As did she, thought Suzie. She only hoped the yelling didn t wake up the kids.
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Hunter held Suzie s hand firmly in his as he walked to the front door of his house. No way was he
ever letting her go again. He felt like such as ass for believing his father s ridiculous lie. He should have
the word gullible printed across his forehead. But when he d come back so weak and half delirious, he d
felt such a blow when she hadn t been there to greet him. And he still had a hard time believing his
father had the nerve to drug Suzie and the twins and cart them off with no one being aware of it. How
had he hidden it from his mother? She usually knew everything that was going on, and Hunter knew
she d never have allowed it. Or had his mother been part of the plan? Did she also harbor a hidden
dislike of Suzie? Well, they were here now, and by the higher powers, he was determined to get some
straight answers.
Hunter flung open the door and stared dumbstruck at his parents on his front lawn yelling at each
other. Hunter had never, ever, ever seen his mother yell at his father. She d always been the soft-spoken
one, the mediator, and here she bristled, standing toe to toe with the commander, her petite frame
looking somehow tall and menacing. Enough that his father cringed before her.
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Dobre pomysły nie mają przeszłości, mają tylko przyszłość. Robert Mallet
De minimis - o najmniejszych rzeczach.
Dobroć jest ważniejsza niż mądrość, a uznanie tej prawdy to pierwszy krok do mądrości. Theodore Isaac Rubin
Dobro to tylko to, co szlachetne, zło to tylko to, co haniebne.
Dla człowieka nie tylko świat otaczający jest zagadką; jest on nią sam dla siebie. I z obu tajemnic bardziej dręczącą wydaje się ta druga. Antoni Kępiński (1918-1972)
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