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It wasn’t even a question that needed an answer.
We’d already made it.
“Kas, I—”
The front door swung wide, interrupting the fragile, brilliant moment.
My gaze slid from Kas to my mother as she tripped into my house, dropped her handbag by the side table, and sprinted for me.
“Gemma!” Her arms went around Kas and me as tears poured down her face.
My mother hugged me as well as a perfect stranger she’d never met. She clutched Kas close, spilling tears on both of us, and in a crazy moment of symbolism, she proved that Kas did have a family. A legal family. The Ashford family.
Tears rolled down my cheeks as I hugged my mom back all while seeking Kas’s messy, miraculous stare.
I smiled.
I nodded.
And I whispered...
“Yes.”