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“You mean a lot to me. You know that, right?”

She nodded. “And you know you mean a lot to me, too. Right?”

I nodded. “I do.”

“So then we mean a lot to each other.”

“We do, yes.”

She smiled softly. “Well, then…? Good.”

But for some reason, that statement didn’t seem good enough. Not for everything Rae had given me. Not for everything she’d done for me. Not for everything she’d filled within me.

One day, I’ll show you. I’ll write it down and shout it from the rooftops.

“Just like you deserve.”

Rae furrowed her brow. “What was that?”

I paused. “What?”

“You murmured something. But I didn’t understand you.”

“Oh. I didn’t realize I’d said anything.”

“Are you feeling okay?”

She pressed her hand against my forehead, making me snicker. “I feel fine, Rae.”

“You’d tell me if you didn’t feel okay, right?”

I brought her hand to my lips to kiss. “I would.”

“Promise?”

“Promise, promise.”

And as I placed a kiss to the palm of her hand, I felt her snuggle against me.

A place that almost seemed to be c