Breathe With Me (Playing For Keeps #5)
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And then I fill it. Chest heaving, I crowd around her. Tear her coat from her hands when she tries to put it on. Reach behind her to lock the door, and then wrap my arms around her from behind when she presses her forehead to the door and weeps. “Let me go,” she cries, our bodies shaking together as I soak her neck with my tears, clutching her against me. “Let me go, Emmett!”
Sandra Stauffer
Actually sobbing
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Because when they reach the altar, the two of them embracing so tightly, Jennie’s hand fisted in his suit jacket, Carter’s in her veil, the tissues start making appearances throughout the rows of guests. But it’s when his voice breaks, his words a hoarse whisper as tears streams down his face, that everyone loses it. “Thank you for being my best friend, Jennie. I love you, and I’m so honored to walk you into this new chapter.” And Cara did not appropriately prepare for moving along a wedding ceremony where all eighty guests—and the bride and groom—are sobbing uncontrollably.
Sandra Stauffer
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“You’re here, Cara. As long as you’re here, you’re moving. Some days you feel like you can conquer the world. Some days, conquering the world is still breathing at the end of the day. As long as you’re here, you’re moving.”
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Carter smiles. “This is Brodie.” Emmett stills. He looks up at Carter, Olivia. Tears well in his eyes. “Brodie?” “Uh-huh. Named after someone special.” “Oh, fuck.” I flap at my eyes. “How dare you guys? How dare you? I am not emotionally stable enough for you to name a baby after Emmett.” Carter grins. “Oh, then this is really gonna wreck you.” He slips the older twin into my arms, and every noise in my head quiets as I stare down at the sweet face I held hours ago. As those teensy tiny fingers wrap around one of mine, I swear everyone can hear the way my heart thunders in my chest. But then ...more
Sandra Stauffer
No please i was hysterically crying reading this
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“This is so hard. So fucking hard, and so easy at the same time. Hard, because it’s my job to love him.” Her eyes move back to us, and she seems to find some sense of calm, her chest rising and falling softly despite the silent tears. “Easy, because if I had to describe love to someone who had no idea what it meant, I’d describe the way you two love Abel. The way you fight for him every step of the way in such small ways that have the biggest impact. The way he trusts you to keep him safe, and the way he feels safe enough to let his walls down around you.”
Sandra Stauffer
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