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realize that amid all the stress and the struggles she faces running the restaurant and planning the wedding, she still needs to spend time with him.  Spending time together is important.  She sees now what can happen when quality time together is lacking.  If they drift apart again, they may never be able to find their way back to each other.  She is never going to let that happen again.  She has placed Kyle in first place again and he is never going to fall down the ranks again.
                  She looks at the man sitting across from her at the table and she is starting to see the man she fell in love with again.  She looks around at everything that he has done for her and takes in how truly special it is.  She does believe that he’s sorry.  She does believe that he will never do anything to hurt again.  She will walk down the aisle and marry him.  She will become his wife.
                  When they are finished eating dinner, Kyle stands up and offers her his hand.  “Let’s dance,” he says, when she places her hand into his.
                  He brings her close and they sway to the music.  She absorbs the power of the moment.  She believes this dance signifies the true moment of their new beginning.  This coming together and moving together is washing away all the pain and the hurt, letting forgiveness prevail.  This dance is the moment of reconnection for them.  It is the official moment where they’ve remembered each other and the love that exists in their hearts for each other.  She vows as they move together that they will forever be entwined.  Nothing and no one will ever be able to separate them again.
                  She looks up at Kyle.  He leans in and kisses her.  She kisses him back, eagerly for the first time since she found out about him and Stella.  It’s the first time she’s wanted to.  As she feels his lips against hers and their tongues meet, she doesn’t want the kiss the end.
                  “Let’s go into the bedroom,” she says, taking his hand and leading him into the bedroom.  She is going to show him that she truly forgives him for what he’s done and that she is his and he is hers.
     
     
     
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                  “Hi!  I’m so glad to see you,” Monica says, standing up and hugging her when she approaches the table at their favorite restaurant for lunch. 
                  “I’m so glad to see you, too,” she says, sitting down and getting comfortable.  “It’s been too long.  We have so much to catch up on.”
                  “So, tell me what’s going on with you and Kyle,” Monica says, raising her eyebrows.
                  “I know that look,” she says, taking a sip of water.
                  “Come on, Haillee.  What do you expect me to say?  You can’t blame me for wondering why you would go back to him after what he did to you.”
                  “I know and I don’t blame you for being a little leery about my decision.  You’re my friend and you don’t want me to get hurt.  I get that.”
                  “The man cheated on you and then called you down to the lowest.  If I was in the situation that you are, what would you say to me?”
                  “You know what I would say.  I would tell you to dump the scumbag.”
                  “Exactly.  What happened to the woman I used to know that said she would never stay with a guy that cheated on her?  Remember her?”
                  “I know.  I used to be adamant about it, but this is a special circumstance.”
                  “What happened to once a cheater, always a cheater?  Remember Craig?  When he cheated on me, you said that I should leave him because he was going to cheat again and what