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When they rounded the corner of the house her eyes filled with tears. This area was a formal garden, with flower beds and grassed areas around a central square. In the middle of the square stood a freshly planted magnolia. She covered her mouth as the tears rolled down her face.
He cupped her cheek, looking worried. “You don’t like it?”
“I love it. It’s so sweet of you.”
He hugged her into his side. “I’m many things, Mary Ellen, but I’m not sweet. I pay attention, like I told you. You said your grandma had a magnolia tree. I wanted you to have one here, so that you can have some sense of your history in our home. I want you to feel like you belong here.”
She planted a kiss on his lips. “Thank you. Remember when you told me I should try to feel like I belong? Well, now I don’t need to try. I feel it. I do belong, right here, with you, and the tree will always remind me of that.”
And it was true. They might seem like an unlikely match in some respects, but they complemented each other, and she knew she’d found the place she belonged in life—and the man she belonged with;
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