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that’s arrived this morning and let me see the pre-orders. I want to know who I’m going to see walking through that door today.”
    Savvy had known her long enough not to question her, and she took her by the hand and dragged her out back.
    “I’ll show you everything, but first sit down. You need to show me every single new design.”
    Lisa laughed and dropped into the chair, ready to kiss Savvy for being so normal with her instead of wrapping her in cotton wool. Work was what she needed. Work was going to be her savior. If only she could hide here and imagine the rest of the world away forever.

    “Kelly, it’s me.”
    Matt sat in his pick-up, staring back at the house. He was still parked in the driveway.
    “Hey, how’s it going?”
    “Like shit,” he said truthfully.
    “I take it you’re not having a good day,” Kelly said, and he could almost feel her smile down the line.
    “Understatement of the century,” he muttered. “I have a wife who goddamn hates me, I stayed out all night so I feel like crap, and I have no goddamn idea what to do.”
    “For the head, I’d recommend Tylenol,” Kelly said, voice softer now. “For my sister, I’d say just give her time.”
    “Kelly, it’s been a while now. All she keeps bringing up is the baby, or the babies we’re never going to have. I mean, why can’t she just get how lucky we are that she’s alive?”
    Kelly sighed and he did the same, slumping over the steering wheel. He’d always thought he understood her. Yes, they were opposites in many ways, but that had always worked before—he’d understood where she was coming from.
    “All her life, she’s had this dream of being a mom, having children, so right now she can’t stop thinking about what she’s lost,” said Kelly.
    “I know. We always talked about having kids, but . . .”
    “Matt, when you’re pregnant, you feel so protective of the little life inside of you. Every step, everything you do, you’re more aware. Add to that the fact you’d tried for so long. She lost a lot terminating that pregnancy—it must have been a hundred times worse than a natural miscarriage. At least then there’s nothing you can do to stop it happening, but this was a choice you both made.”
    He heard what she was saying, and it wasn’t like it hadn’t hurt like hell losing the baby, but from the day he’d been told that his wife could be saved, that was all he’d wanted to focus on.
    “Maybe I’ve been a jerk, but I just wanted to save her. I love her.”
    “I know you do, but just give her time. She’s hurting.”
    “So do nothing?” he asked.
    “Think of some things you can do together. Make time for her. There’s nothing else I can suggest but just giving yourself to her when she needs you.”
    “Do you know she’s back working?” Matt asked, leaning back in the seat now. “I didn’t even realize she’d been back there so often when I was at work.”
    “The shop is good for her. We both know that. It’s like her therapy.”
    Matt ground his teeth. Therapy for her, but it didn’t help him figure out what to do.
    “Maybe you should call into the shop. It might be easier for her hanging out with you there instead of at home with all the baby reminders,” Kelly said.
    “Thanks for all the advice,” Matt said.
    “You want my real advice?” Kelly said with a laugh. “Don’t be an asshole again and stay out all night drinking. You want my sister to recover? Then be there when she needs you. And that means stepping up and pulling your own shit together.”
    Matt grinned. “Thank god for a sister-in-law to pull me up by my boot straps, huh? Maybe I should call Penny too. Then she can give me a telling off as well.”
    Kelly laughed. “You better believe it. We expect a lot from our unofficial brother—you know that.”
    He said goodbye and started up his vehicle. Kelly was right: he needed to sort his shit out and try to understand what Lisa was going through. He’d been so