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chest and takes a deep breath.
    “Little puppy.”
    I get a soft giggle from her. I already miss her laugh. You really don’t know the value of something until it’s gone. She was a bright light and instead of illuminating my world, I dragged her into the darkness. I need to make this right. I need my sun back.
    “Don’t worry, baby. I’ll fix it.”
    “I know,” she says in a soft voice. “I know you will.”
    I kiss the top of her head and hold her close. I don’t know exactly how I’m going to fix it, though, and that’s my problem. How can I come up with a plan when I don’t even know what I’m dealing with?
    There’s a knock at the door and I carefully leave the bed to answer it. When I open it, I see the boy – Chris. He’s holding a bunch of flowers with a balloon. His jaw twitches and he squares his shoulders. Good for him.
    “I’m here to see Raven,” he states.
    I simply nod and move aside so he can enter. He goes straight to the bed and takes her hand. I want to tell him to get his hands off her, but I bite my tongue. I don’t want to upset Raven.
    “How are you doing, beautiful?”
    I bite my tongue again.
    “I’m okay,” she answers.
    “You think we could talk without him hovering over my shoulder?”
    Okay, this kid is seriously pushing my boundaries. He’s lucky I even let him see her. Raven shoots me a pleading look, so I take a deep breath and calm down. “I’ll go talk to the doctor about your release.”
    “Thanks.”
    I head out to find her doctor but spot her mother at the nurse’s station, so I head there instead. There’s a man with her who I assume is her husband, and a little girl clutching at her skirt.
    “Mrs. Marchand?”
    “Oh, Mr. Hunter.” She turns to me and offers her hand. “This is my husband, Daniel.”
    Daniel gives me an appraising look as he shakes my hand. I’d love to see what he would have done if I was wearing my colors. He’d probably grab his wife and kid and run for the hills.
    “You can call me Gage,” I tell him.
    “Gage.”
    I almost laugh at him trying to sound tough. I’ve never met a woman’s parents before, but I figure her father would have done the same thing.
    “Is Raven awake?”
    “Yes, she is.” I turn back to her mother. “A friend is with her now.”
    “I was hoping she’d be up to meeting Daniel and Dani.”
    I look down at the little girl and she hides her face behind her mom’s legs.
    “Hi, there,” I say in a soft voice. She peeks out and I see her mom’s eyes. Raven’s eyes. I crouch to her level and extend my hand. “I’m Gage, Raven’s friend.”
    At the mention of her sister’s name, she steps out from behind her mother and takes my hand.
    “You know my sister?”
    “Yeah, I do. You wanna go see her?”
    “Yes, please.” She nods excitedly, and I chuckle at her enthusiasm.
    “Tell you what. I’ll go tell her you’re here and then come back and get you, okay?”
    “Okay.”
    Her mother mouths a thank you as I stand, and I nod in acknowledgement. “I’ll be right back.”
    “Mr. Gage?” Dani’s little voice stops me and I turn back to her. She waves me toward her, so I return to my crouching position. Placing her lips at my ear, she whispers, “Do you think she’ll like me?”
    I stare into her eyes and all I can see is Raven looking back at me. She had the same apprehensive expression when she asked that very question about her mother. This is one meeting I know Raven will have no reservations about. “She’s going to love you.”
    She gives me a wide smile I have to return when I see that two of her teeth are missing. Utter cuteness. Yeah, Raven’s going to fall in love with this little girl.

***Raven***
     
    Gage re-enters the room and Chris immediately goes rigid. After he finished playing the blame game, we actually had a pretty nice visit. He told me the girls didn’t come with him because he asked for some alone time with me, but they’d come by later. Hopefully, Gage can get