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2021-10-05 20:42:49All Colin would've needed was a couple hours of sleep and he'd be good to go. He got forty-five minutes before the little angel in the backseat stirred,waking him.
He sat up and surveyed his surroundings. The wind was picking up. Other that slight movement in the trees,all seemed quiet.
And that's when his brain decided to loop the notion that Angelina looked a lot like him from his own baby pictures.
With effort, he pushed aside the image. Didn't need that distraction this morning. Besides, Richard had dark hair and Angelina was his daughter.
Melissa was still asleep but Colin needed coffee. There was no way he could wake her even though he suspected the little one would be up soon enough for a feeding.
Caffeine would go a long way toward clearing the cobwebs in his head.
Colin shook his head to see if that would do any good. Maybe going
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