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| around. ''And aren't you a cute one?" He gathered him in his arms and cuddled him close. "Did you have a happy birthday, Tobias, while I was in Melbourne?" |

| "Quite," Sasha said, unfolding the paper. "Ashton and I did, also. We proudly watched our son take his first step." |

| "He did, did he?" Crispin said, his eyes twinkling. "I've got something for Tobias for his birthday. Can I take him out with me to the horse? I left the stuffed animal in my saddlebag." |

| "Stuffed animal?" Sasha said, half hearing what Crispin was saying, for she was too busy scanning the page and getting a rapid pulsebeat from what she was reading. Bianca had somehow received word that she and Ashton wanted to legally adopt Tobias! She had come out of hiding long enough to go to the attorney to sign the documents which gave up all her rights to the child, giving them to Ashton and Sasha! Her doing this erased all their fears that the document might not be truly binding. Once she and Ashton signed the papers, Tobias would be theirs, forever and ever! |

| "Yeah, I didn't think he was too old just yet for something to cuddle up with at night when the candles are blown out," Crispin said, frowning at Sasha when he saw a sparkling of tears in her eyes. He knew why. He had already celebrated the good news. |

| Sasha refolded the paper and placed it inside the pocket of her dress. She wiped tears from her eyes. "Bianca still wants us to raise Tobias as our own," she said softly. "Although I have felt sad over Bianca having given her child up, I have so feared that in |

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