“Remember on the first day, I told you I hid something so that you wouldn’t find it while snooping?” He reaches into the side of the couch. “I stashed it here earlier, for the record. This isn’t where I hid it.” “So mysterious…” I say, my smile faltering into confusion as he pulls out…oh. “This I can’t explain,” he says, holding out the red bandanna I lost on Halloween. “This I kept before I knew anything about the baby. Before I knew how much I was going to love you. Because, clearly, some part of me already did.” I cover my mouth, looking down at his hand, clasped tightly around the bandanna
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