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wrong?" Searching the horizon for any sign of trouble and finding none, she turned back to him. "What?"
    Robert put his reins aside. Taking her hand, he said, "There's something I promised I'd never do. I can't keep that promise anymore.  I know I said-"
    "Yes," Mary said and smiled. "You're right. I've seen how short life can be and for whatever day's I've left I want to share them with you."
    "Really?"
    "I love you, Robert," Mary said and chuckled on seeing him lost for words. "Well, aren't you going to ask me properly? It's not like you don't know my answer."
    "Yeah, yeah. What was I thinking?—Mary Samuels would you do me the honor of becoming my wife?"
    "Nothing would make me happier," Mary replied.
    "Holy smoke," Robert shook his head. Leaning in for a kiss he found the bundle between them keep them apart.
    "Let's get these two to bed first," Mary smiled. "And then we can celebrate."
    Cracking the reins and not caring how much noise he now made, Robert sent the buggy off at a brisk pace for home.

Chapter 11
    Eight months later…
    "Father's home!"
    Mary lifted her head up from her needlework and watched the buggy come up the hill and come to a halt. "Thanks, Tom. Will you go and find Henry and tell him to wash up, I'll be in in a moment."
    "Good evening my wife and how do I find you?" Robert smiled, bounding up the stairs and coming over to kiss her. Rubbing her swollen belly he asked. "And how is our youngest pupil?"
    "Still there," Mary said and held out her hands for Robert to pull her to her feet. Once up, she pushed her hand's to the bottom of her spine. Shaking her head, she added, "I swear, I never thought a child on the inside could tire you out as much out of you as one on the outside."
    "Boys playing up?"
    Mary waved the comment away. "No, they've been fine. So any word?"
    Beaming, Tom pulled an envelope out from behind his back. "It's official."
    Not waiting for him to open it, Mary snatched the envelope and opened it. Excitedly reading the letter it contained, she lifted her eyes and met his. "You're not joking?"
    "Nope, it's all there in black and white. From today, Tom and Henry are finally part of our family."
    Happy for both her and Robert, Mary wondered how the boys would take it. After losing their father to a suicide in his cell, they'd given them a home and treated them as their own. Now holding the page in her hand's their small family had gone from one child to three. Throwing her arms around Robert's neck she pulled him to her and kissed him. "I love you. And thank you."
    "For what?"
    "For everything," Mary said, thinking on how her life had changed in such a short time. Coming to Woodvale with nothing but a dream, she'd thought losing James was the end of it all. Little did she know that life had given her a greater chance to love again. Not just with one man, but also the family that had sprung up around her. Pulling the front door open, she led the way inside.
    "Tom, Henry, we've got great news for you…."
     
     
     
     

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    “I'm sorry Shannon. They tried everything they could to save him.”
    Shannon looked at the lips that were still moving but couldn't hear anything else that Sean told her. Feeling like she was in a bubble that was out of sync with the world, she watched as her neighbor from the old country tried his best to example what had happened to her brother. Hearing that Conor was dead, she didn't need to know any more of the details. He wouldn't be coming for her now. Picturing the last time she'd seen him with that boyish grin on his face, she thought back to the last conversation they'd had. He'd promised to find her a great husband out west, someone who could give a life she'd never have in Ireland.
    “I thought it best if I came to tell you the news,” Sean