Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

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you really feel."

Thinking of the main reason I'd wanted to see Wade today, I said, "Wade, Yuna came to this game mainly to see you. This is a rare chance for you two to spend time together, so for the next few days, she'll be with you. Take care of her-and use this time to figure out how He looked a little startled. "Isn't that... a bit inappropriate?*

It was, considering why he'd gotten close to Yuna in the first place. But right now, I didn't have any other options.

Keeping Yuna with me was too risky. The only solution was leaving her in Wade's care.

"There's nothing inappropriate about it. I trust you," I said, giving him a look that let him know I meant it.

Wade's expression softened, a little awkward, but he nodded. "Thank you for trusting me."

I raised my coffee cup toward him, and he managed a small smile.

After a beat, I remembered Narelle's parents. "How are her folks doing?" I asked suddenly.

they've mostly come to terms with it... after those

bring them more pain?" I guessed, hitting

weren't for me, they wouldn't have lost their

but there wasn't much I could say to ease his

Narelle's dad called me once, asking about you," Wade said suddenly, like he'd

of my coffee. "What did

Wade

never shared those details. But I was curious-why

they wanted to meet me because I looked so much like their daughter, hoping it might somehow ease their grief. Or maybe they just wanted answers about why we looked so similar. Honestly, I wondered the same thing myself. "Give me their phone number and address," I said, pulling out my phone and opening my messaging app, then

remembering when he'd first asked for my contact info and I'd turned him down. Now, here I was, offering it up

a friend and

asked him to head upstairs and get Yuna, giving them some

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call me. Since a video call wasn't ideal here, I

taking my video call-don't tell me Hayden's