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Liam rests his chin on her shoulder and

whispers ‘thank you’ to me and it just breaks my

heart.

Those two love each other so completely. What

they feel for each other is infinite and I couldn’t

think of a better family to trust my daughter to if

something should happen to me.

“That’s fabulous, love,” Liam whispers in her

hair, also very moved.

“Come on, let’s go tell everybody,” she says,

breaking away from her man’s grip and heading

downstairs.

I get up too and slip on my shoes. It’s almost

opening time and thank God I work, because I

couldn’t stand to be closed up here all by myself.

As I go to the door Liam blocks me. He looks

me in the eyes a moment then hugs me. It takes me

so off-guard that I stay with my arms limp at my

side as he hugs me tighter.

“Thanks, Erin. You have no idea how much that

means to her.”

I hug him back and smile because sometimes it

really is useless to talk.

We come apart and he dries his eyes with his

sleeve and takes a breath before we head

downstairs.

We get down to the dining room and Rain is

there going hoarse, yelling the news to everyone as

Aaron watches her with great affection and

everyone is moved to see how much it means to