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  Callie tugged at my sleeve. “Carl, let’s go.”

  “You sure?”

  “Yeah, I’m sure. I don’t want to do this anymore.”

  I looked to the deputy sitting on the end of the table. “We’ll have her stuff out of your WITSEC house by Monday.”

  I pushed out my chair. Callie followed my lead. We walked from the conference room. The deputy and chief deputy watched us in disbelief. Callie and I found our way down the hall. I hit the button for the elevator to take us down.

  Chief Deputy Harris came from the hallway. “We don’t recommend this, Miss Albero.”

  “I heard you. I’ll be fine,” she said.

  “You’ll need to sign off on these papers and bring them back.” He walked over and handed Callie the folder he’d brought with him into the conference room.

  “Can’t I just sign these here?” she asked.

  “Just think it over and bring them back in a few days.”

  The elevator doors opened and took us inside. The chief deputy stared in at us as the doors closed.

  We took the five minute ride over to the hospital so I could get stitched up. I insisted that Callie get checked out, even though she assured me that she was fine. She was right. As the doctor put it, both she and the baby were in perfect health. They kicked me loose with fourteen new stitches running up the side of my head and another ten across my forehead.

  We climbed in the unmarked cruiser for the mile ride back to my condo.

  “Are we just going back to your place?” Callie asked.

  “Yeah, if you don’t care. I wouldn’t mind getting cleaned up and some sleep before we start clearing out the WITSEC house.”

  “Where are we going to put all my stuff for the time being? I mean, I don’t have much personal stuff at the Marshal’s house, but I should get a place to live lined up first. All my stuff from my Miami apartment will have to come out of storage and be brought up.”

  I glanced over at Callie sitting in the passenger seat.

  She stared out the windshield. “I have enough money that I could just buy something if I wanted to. That might be an option. My grandparents left me a sizable inheritance.”

  It was the first time she really spoke about any kind of family or money. Due to being in WITSEC, it now made sense why she never did. It would be a conversation for another time.

  “Oh, um, I guess I didn’t know that you were going to look for a place. I kind of just figured you’d move in with me.”

  Her attention came from the road in front of us and landed on me. “Is that an option?”

  I flashed her a confused look. “Of course it’s an option. I mean we’re doing this right? Me, you, having a baby? It seems right that we should live together.”

  I hung a left on Bayshore Boulevard.

  “Are you asking me to move in with you?”

  “Didn’t I kind of just do that?”

  She smiled. “I haven’t heard the words yet.”

  “Cal, you want to move in with me?”

  “Yes.” She reached over and yanked me toward her. She kissed the side of my face.

  I turned right into my condo’s driveway and pulled the car up to the gate. The code was punched in and the garage door of my underground parking opened. I drove toward my parking spot. The remains of my Corvette were gone. The fire department must have towed it away. All that was left where it sat was charred cement and a few puddles. We pulled into the spot and parked. I sat there quiet thinking about how much I’d miss that car. I wondered if my insurance was going to cover it.

  “What are you thinking about, Babe?” Callie asked.

  I looked over at her. She smiled. She was gorgeous. I’d do whatever I could to protect her, to protect our child, to protect us. The Corvette faded from my thoughts. I really did love her.

  I smiled back. “Nothing.”

  The End

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  Table of Contents

  AUTHOR’S NOTE

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  Chapter 14

  Chapter 15

  Chapter 16

  Chapter 17

  Chapter 18

  Chapter 19

  Chapter 20

  Chapter 21

  Chapter 22

  Chapter 23

  Chapter 24

  Chapter 25

  Chapter 26

  Chapter 27

  Chapter 28

  Chapter 29

  Chapter 30

  Chapter 31

  Chapter 32

  Chapter 33

  Chapter 34

  Chapter 35

  Chapter 36

  Chapter 37

  Chapter 38

  Chapter 39

  Table of Contents

  AUTHOR’S NOTE

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  Chapter 14

  Chapter 15

  Chapter 16

  Chapter 17

  Chapter 18

  Chapter 19

  Chapter 20

  Chapter 21

  Chapter 22

  Chapter 23

  Chapter 24

  Chapter 25

  Chapter 26

  Chapter 27

  Chapter 28

  Chapter 29

  Chapter 30

  Chapter 31

  Chapter 32

  Chapter 33

  Chapter 34

  Chapter 35

  Chapter 36

  Chapter 37

  Chapter 38

  Chapter 39