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158|Sorry And Hurt And In Love
Liam was in such a hurry to get the hell out of the kitchen and leave all the tension behind he had completely forgotten this was his first real meeting with Aiden.
Now, as he hovered on the threshold, anxious out of his wits, he realised how unprepared he was for this moment.
So for a brief minute or two, while he plucked up the courage to meet his son, Liam was only too happy to just stand there with one foot in the door and watch his Aiden babble away at the plushy in his hands.
But then his son looked up from the toy and gazed at him with the same denim blue eyes they shared, and all the air left Liam's lungs.
"Hello," Aiden cried in his baby voice and waved his tiny hand in his direction.
Liam stood dead still as love, unlike anything he had ever known, filled his heart to the brim, rendering him weak, and he wondered if it was possible to fall in love with the same person twice, especially one so tiny.
"Hi," he smiled, his rubber
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