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  She looked at Jennifer with a curious expression and asked, “Do they know? When people say these things, do they know their words are more than just words?”

  “I don’t know,” said Jennifer. “I don’t really think about things like that.”

  “I’m excited to see him,” Susan said, thinking of Ready again. Then, as if speaking to no one, she repeated the words he had spoken a few minutes before. “There are only a few people in the world who really matter to me. You’re one. And I want you to know…” She looked down into the stroller by her side and traced his features in the faces of the sleeping twins. “…before you walk away again, and go back to your life with her.”

  Acknowledgements

  Thanks to Kristin Mehus-Roe and Ingrid Emerick at Girl Friday Productions for their help in editing this book, and to Kierstan Schwab for her help in proofreading. Thanks to my beautiful and multi-talented wife, Lindsay Heider Diamond, for the cover design and interior design. You can find more of her work at http://www.lindsayheider.com. Thanks also to Camil Tulcan for giving us permission to use the bottle cap image. You can find more of Camil’s photos at https://www.flickr.com/people/camil_t/.

  About the Author

  Andrew Diamond lives in Charlottesville, Virginia with his wife and children. By day, he helps build digital repositories for libraries and universities. When he has time, he blogs at https://adiamond.me. You can contact him at andrew@adiamond.me.