Promise me youโll marry me. Not now. Someday. Because I need to know.โ Claire felt a flutter inside, like a bird trying to fly, and a rush of heat that made her dizzy. And something else, something fragile as a soap bubble, and just as beautiful. Joy, in the middle of all this horror and heartbreak. โYes,โ she whispered back. โI promise.โ And she kissed him, and kissed him, and kissed him, while the sun came up and bathed Morganville in one last, shining day.
Rachel CaineWant to play baseball?โโ she asked. Shaneโs eyes opened, and he stopped stroking her hair. โWhat?โโ โFirst base,โโ she said. โYouโre already there.โโ โIโm not running the bases.โโ โWell, you could at least steal second.โโ โJeez, Claire. I used to distract myself with sports stats at times like these, but now youโve gone and ruined it.
Rachel CaineShe was almost at the top of the steps, and Shane was right behind her, when she heard Myrnin say, in a quiet voice that was like the old Myrnin, the one she actually liked, "I'm sorry, Claire. I never meant - I'm sorry. Sometimes I don't know... I don't know what I am thinking. I wish... I wish things could be like they were before.
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