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“Nicole, I—” Joshua stepped forward, realizing she was crying, and reached up to wipe the crystal drop away from her cheek.
Оглавление“I’m sorry,” he whispered, shamed that in all the months she’d been here, he’d never really considered what he’d asked of her.
“You don’t have anything to be sorry for.” She looked at him. A smile quivered across her lips.
“Then why are you crying? It must have been something I said.”
“It wasn’t that.” She shook her head, pale hair flying around her shoulders. “It was just—everything.”
“Huh?” He studied her, trying to understand.
“The emotion of the moment,” she whispered. “I think I finally realized how proud you must feel sometimes. For a minute, it was almost as if your girls were my daughters, and we’d—” Her voice jerked to a stop. She blinked at him, a shocked look washing over her face.
