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“Tell me that’s a good thing. Come on, don’t leave a girl hanging.”

  “It’s a very good thing. I’ve spent my life seeing people through the lens of what happened to me. But since I’ve met you, I see the world in a different way.” She reached out and drew Starr’s hand to her lips and gently kissed her fingers. “A good way. A way with a bright future.”

  “This is no longer sounding ominous. I like it.” Starr wiggled her fingers. “I like this too.”

  “Promise me you’ll run.”

  Starr pretended to pout. “And here I was thinking you were talking about us.”

  Catherine closed her fingers over Starr’s. “I was. I am. But promise me. We all need more Starr Rios running point on making the world a better place, present company included.”

  “Who could turn down such an impassioned plea?” Starr grinned. “I’ll do it under one condition.”

  “Name it.”

  “You’ll be by my side every step of the way. Not just through this election, but through everything. Falling deeper in love, making a family, growing old together. Nothing we can do to make the world a better place will matter if we don’t get to share the journey.”

  Overcome with emotion, Catherine closed her eyes and breathed deep, telling herself this was really happening. That little Jill would one day grow up to break the chains of her past and find true love was a possibility she’d never considered, never thought possible.

  When she opened her eyes, Starr was still there, patiently waiting for her response, and Catherine knew she was finally free to have the life she’d never let herself dream, and there was no one else she wanted to share it with more. “Let’s go make a life together.”

  THE END

  About the Author

  Carsen Taite’s goal as an author is to spin tales with plot lines as interesting as the cases she encountered in her career as a criminal defense lawyer. She is the award-winning author of over twenty novels of romance and romantic intrigue, including the Luca Bennett Bounty Hunter series, the Lone Star Law series, and the Legal Affairs romances.

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