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I hadn’t expected Aaron to lend Blue his spare room, but nor had the offer shocked me. That was the type of man he was. He did the right thing, even when it cost him.
Which made my decisions about the future easier to make.
Life was going to change.
And soon.
But not today.
We’d received one small piece of good news this morning—Blue’s mom’s cat had shown up on Janie’s porch, miaowing to get in. The bad news? Her mom had indeed gone to stay with her good-for-nothing boyfriend, and his apartment complex didn’t allow pets. So Blue had headed to Coos Bay to pick Woody up, and we were all hoping he’d get along with Brooke’s dog because Vega spent as much time in Aaron’s apartment as in Brooke and Luca’s. Colt said he had plenty of spare cat food, and after Brie had taken Kiki an
