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“If he had been upfront, you never would have never known him or fallen for him. I’m not sure if that’s good or bad.”

Kinley sighed. “I know. I hate that he kept it from me, but I cannot imagine not knowing him or being with him.”

“Damned if you, damned if you don’t.”

“Talk about being between a rock and a hard place.”

Addison laughed. “He should have set the record straight.”

Kinley snorted out a laugh. “I guess I’ll have to weather the storm.”

Addison laughed. “Please, we have to stop.”

“You hit the nail on the head.” Kinley laughed.

“Please stop, I’m going to pee my pants.”

They both laughed until tears ran down their faces, but when the door chimed they stopped, then laughed again when Cody walked in, then raised an eyebrow at their laughter.

“What’s so funny?”

Addison waved her hand but couldn’t get any words out. Kinley sat on the bench behind the counter trying very hard to get herself under control. She watched as Addison did the same.

“Well, I was going to ask if you two want anything from the diner, but you can’t seem to stop laughing to tell me.”

“Sorry, baby. We needed that laugh.” Addison smiled.

Kinley cleared her throat, stood and walked to the counter.

“Sorry, Cody. I would love a salad.”

“Me too,” Addison said.

Cody stared at them for a few seconds, then nodded and walked out. Kinley looked at Addison and they laughed again.

“God, I did need that,” Kinley said as she wiped tears away.

“I’m sure it helped.”

“It did. I do miss him though. So much. I’ll never have sex that good again.”

“You never know. You might meet someone and he’ll be better than Levi,” Addison said with a smirk.

Kinley shook her head. “I can promise you thatwill never happen.”

“It would be the same with me if I lost Cody. No one could replace him.” Addison faced Kinley. “I think you need to think about which you want more. Kids or Levi.”

“That wouldn’t matter to him. He won’t get back together with me because he’s afraid I’d change my mind again. But, I had to be honest, right?”

“Yes. If you two did get married with that secret between you, then you tell him later, it could end the marriage. I really don’t know when he could have brought it up, but he should have told you,beforeyou fell for each other.”

“I agree, so I’d say we both share equal blame.”

Addison nodded. They got back to work waiting for Cody to return with their salads. Kinley didn’t know what she could do. She knew even if she made the decision not to have kids, Levi would still think she could change her mind and that was going to keep them apart.

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Levi drove to town to get the signs, but when he passed the pharmacy, his thoughts went to Kinley. He missed her so much that he was afraid his heart would never heal over losing her.

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