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| said, giving him a big hug. "Thank you." |

| Crispin hugged her back, then eased her away from him. "I don't think you want to stay close enough to me to get a whiff of me or my clothes," he said, chuckling. "I'm in dire need of a bath." He swung around and walked toward the door. "I'll talk to you more about my experiences in Melbourne after I get to smellin' better." |

| "Come for supper?" Sasha asked, walking him to the door. "We've missed you, you know." |

| "I'll be there with bells on," Crispin said over his shoulder, giving Sasha a sly wink. |

| She closed the door after him, then turned to Ashton. It looked so natural for him to be holding Tobias in his arms and talking to him the way a father does to a son. Always before she had doubted that this could be an everlasting relationship. If anything could go wrong, she had expected it would for them. |

| But now, thanks to Bianca's generous heart, there would never be any doubts again. Soon Tobias would be hers and Ashton's, and nobody could lay claim to him. |

| Nobody! |

| The sound of an approaching buggy drew Sasha's attention. She opened the door and gazed into the distance, squinting her eyes against the brilliance of the sun. As the horse and buggy moved closer, she tried to make out who the driver was, then was taken aback when she realized that it wasn't just any driver. It was a man in a wheelchair in charge of the two spirited black mares. |

| "Who is it?" Ashton asked, coming to Sasha's side, Tobias now on the floor behind them playing |

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