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Оглавление“You must think I’m an awful mother,”
she said, lifting tearful eyes.
To his surprise, he thought Heller Moore was utterly beguiling, beautiful and brave. “Uh, no. No, it’s obvious you’re doing the best you can.”
She smiled at Jack. “Working two jobs and being a mom to three kids is definitely all I can handle right now. Problem is, I have to try to be a dad, too.”
He said it before he thought. “Then maybe your son was right to advertise for a father. I—I mean, that’s one thing the boy does understand, that you can’t do it by yourself. Otherwise he wouldn’t be trying to find you a husband and we wouldn’t be here now, would we?”
Heller studied him pointedly for a few moments and said, “I know why I’m here, but I’m not quite certain why you are.”
And then he surprised them both by replying, “Maybe I mean to apply for the position.”
