Chapter 45: KAT

Does he have any idea what it does to me when he says things like that, how it makes me melt inside? Sometimes I have to literally pinch myself to make sure I'm awake, that I'm really here and this is really happening.

Especially these last few days since we've been back, he's been extra attentive and sweet, even more so than usual and that's saying a lot. Sometimes I'd catch him looking at me like he was studying me or something.

Hopefully he was thinking the same thing I was, how awesome it was that we'd found each other. It's hard to believe that my life had taken this remarkable turn, I'd gone from almost total despair to being the happiest I'd ever been in my life; it's almost scary.

Like waiting for the other shoe to drop or something, but somehow I knew Colton would be there to pick it up if that should happen and that was the most amazing thing of all.

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LYON

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I held her hand as Stacy started on her back. My baby is just a little bit squeamish when it comes to nee