His Partner's Wife (38 page)

"Will you marry me?" he asked.

Tears ran down her cheeks as she laughed and exclaimed,
"Of course I will!"

At the exact same moment, the doorknob rattled.
"Da-ad!" a five-year-old complained.

"Use the downstairs bathroom," Dad said, just
before he kissed his friend and lover and wife-to-be.

Who, grateful for his foresight in locking the bathroom
door, flung her arms around his neck and kissed him back with complete trust
and happiness greater than she had known possible.

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