Between rushing after Heather, walking for everyone, moving around the house with my walker, and sitting on Gracie’s bed as I read to her for over an hour, I was exhausted. But I wasn’t ready to sleep yet. Mentally, I was still wide awake.“Do you want some pain killers?”“No. As weird as it sounds, I want to feel it. I never thought I would get to this point, so aches and all, I’m going to go with it.”She laughed softly. “You’re right, Richard. You are weird.”I dragged her up my chest, enjoying her little gasp of surprise.“You wanna help me forget about the aches, Katy?” I murmured in her ear, biting her lobe. “Make me think about something else?”She squeaked as I pulled her over top of me, making her gasp as I gripped her waist and lifted her in the air the same way I did Gracie. She stretched out her arms, her hair falling forward, brushing my chest.“I’m flying!” she giggled. It had been a long time since I’d made her giggle. I loved hearing the sound.I eased her down and kis
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