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stole another piece of bacon.
    “You are such a jerk,” I tell him through my laughter, shoving his shoulder.
    “Maybe,” he says thoughtfully, then grins. “But you love me.”
    I roll my eyes, but smile, and with the help of my two boys, we demolish the food on the tray, laughing and teasing one another. As they take away the tray, Matthew dispatches me to the shower and tells me we’re all going to check out the children’s museum. Apparently Claire wants to pack as much sightseeing into our last remaining two days in Cape Cod as possible; I think she hopes the kids will all be so wiped out by the time we leave that they’ll sleep through the entire drive home. One would think it would be smarter to fly with four small children in tow, but considering recent events, we were all reluctant to take Matthew up on his half-hearted offer for us to use his company’s brand-new jet. Honestly, if I never have to look at another airplane in my life, I would be content.
    When I join my family downstairs, Claire looks up and immediately smirks, probably knowing exactly what Matthew and I were up to last night. Despite her claims that she and Danny could hear us in their bedroom, I know that’s not the case, but it doesn’t take much to realize why Matthew and I are in such great moods and it’s only partly because of our engagement.
    Though it takes us nearly an hour to actually get everybody in the car—Abby threw a bit of a tantrum because she couldn’t find her favorite shoes; Gabe and Olly kept arguing over which one of them would sit where; Tyler had apparently been given sugar for breakfast and decided it would be fun to run away every time we tried to get him into the van—everyone is in good spirits and excited for the day. I’m not contributing much to the conversation, preferring to soak up everything around me knowing that the moment we go home, reality is going to slap us in the face. Despite everything, I know Matthew is having the time of his life and Claire has told me more than once that she couldn’t remember the last time he smiled as much as he has this week, but our troubles won’t have sorted themselves out while we’ve been on vacation. There’s still the matter of figuring out who betrayed Matthew’s trust and tried to kill him; finding the woman who held Tyler and me hostage on that boat; hunting down Frank Marone to find out what, if any, involvement he might have had in what happened.
    Then there is a possible indictment for Matthew to face. The moment he realized there might be a problem with the plane he was supposed to board, the one that crashed, he disappeared. There have been accusations that he knew what was going to happen to the plane and he kept quiet, resulting in the deaths of several people. He’s trying to play down the possible repercussions for my sake, but I know he’s worried about it. And the thought that he could be charged with negligible homicide is terrifying for me. He could go to prison. He could lose everything he’s worked so hard to gain. I could lose him all over again.
    I’m trying to focus on the good things that are in front of us. A wedding. Preparing for a baby. Getting to know Matthew again. Letting him get to know Tyler and me again. Having the family I always wanted with him and he with me. I feel him playing with my finger and look down to see him smiling boyishly at the ring he put there last night. It really is gorgeous. I loved my original engagement ring, but even I have to admit this blows it out of the water. White gold band with a large squarish diamond and surrounded on both sides with more tiny diamonds. I’m not an expert on diamonds, but if I had to guess I’d say it totals nearly five carats and is beyond anything I could have ever dreamed of, and I think I’m managing to fall even deeper in love with Matthew for his ability to choose something so incredible for me.
    “It’s very heavy,” I tell him flatly, trying to keep my face