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Paige wondered what Caleb was thinking.

“After tonight,” he said, “after actually seeing this place…do you still want to be involved with the center?” He spoke so quietly, she had to lean even closer.

Did she? Paige bit her lip. “Yes. Of course.” If only to prove she could.

“But I don’t understand,” he said. “You’ve now—”

“You don’t just back down from something you’ve thought about for years.” Paige tried to keep the quiver out of her voice.

“It’s not safe, Paige. Don’t you see that?” He braced one hand on her car and one hand on his truck. “For instance, tonight—what if I hadn’t stayed and made sure you got to your car safely? This is a dangerous city.”

“So you keep saying.”

He shoved his hands into his pockets. “I’ll continue to remind you of that until you get it.”

Paige folded her arms, hiding her hands so he wouldn’t see that they were shaking.

Why couldn’t he understand?

The Widower's Second Chance

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