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KATE
By the time Cooper called and said he was coming home, I was a complete and utter mess. All night I couldn’t help but wonder what he was doing and who he was with. It just so happened that I wasn’t near my phone when he called, so all I had to go on was a voicemail. He said his plane would be in at six-thirty tonight, and after working all day—going through the motions like a zombie—I was ready to see him.
When I pulled up at the pickup terminal, I saw him standing there in the same bright blue T-shirt and jeans that he wore the day before. His face was all stubbly from not shaving and he looked tired …exhausted. I knew the feeling because I felt the same way, but when he saw me his face did a complete change.
Opening the car door, he slid inside and immediately grasped my face
