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"I miss her too,"Isay.

He nods. "She would be proud of you. Horrified by your husband, but she'd comearound."

"Youthink?"

"Eventually."

"Did she alwayswantkids?"

"Always."

"Andyou?"

"I didn't think about it. That was what everyone did. It wasinevitable."

That sounds like me and lawschool.

"At first, I wasn't sure. But once your mother told me she was pregnant with your sister, I knew. I knew I wanted to be a father. I knew it was what was right for bothofus."

I follow Dad's gaze out to thebeach.

The sky is a bright blue. The sun is a big yellow ball. The waves are crashing into thepristinesand.

I can seeushere.

I can see us withakid.

And I even like the lookofit.

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