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CHAPTER 26
After dinner, theywalked along the docks admiring the boats there as well as the sunset, its hues of red stretched along the skyline. At one point, Katrina’s heel had gotten stuck, and when Lorenzo wrapped his arms around her to keep from falling, they stood there in what turned to an embrace.
“I’ve missed you,” she admitted as he stepped back, his eyes soft as he drank her in.
“I’ve missed you more than you know,” he said in return. She slipped her heels off and held them in one hand, and he reached for her other. Lacing their fingers together, they walked together down the dock, a comfortable silence broken occasionally by easy banter.
Just as they used to do.
“Did you really want to get into marketing?” he asked, and she smiled.
“Yes. A million times yes. I love what I do, seeing a brand and coming up with ingenious ways to get the company seen and heard. The pace can be grueling sometimes, but the creativity is endless. I don’t have to ask if you’re doing what you always wanted.”
“Right now, I’m doing everything I ever wished for.”
“Including the fighting?”
He squeezed her hand before relaxing. “Forever the worrier.”
“I’m serious.”
“I know you are, and I...it’s another thing I’ve missed. Having someone care enough to worry.”
“Martin doesn’t worry about you?”
“He knows I can handle my own.”
“What happens, though, if they find out?”
“They who?”
She inhaled deeply. “Emily. Her father. Will it hurt you in your case?”
“Yes.”
“So will you stop?”
“I’m careful, Trina, I promise.”
“They’re going to watch you like a hawk, you know.”
“I know, and now that...oh! I didn’t tell you.” They stopped and he faced her, a grin in place almost showing his dimple. “He’s been served. My petition for paternity establishment, for all of it. He’s been served.”
“That’s wonderful! I mean...that is wonderful, right?”
“I’m one step closer to meeting my daughter.”
“You were there, Ren. You didn’t get to meet her?”
