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      Cat ignored the invitation and remained standing. Right now, sitting so close to him, would be a mistake; it would be too cozy, too intimate, something she couldn’t afford. Instead, she kept the focus where it belonged—on what he was doing there. “And what are your intentions?” she demanded.

      “Just to meet her, for now.”

      “For now?” she repeated, her tone skeptical.

      He quickly rose from the couch, coming closer. “Cat, you can’t expect me to know what I’ll feel or how I’ll react.”

      “She’s a child, Rory, and you’re a stranger.”

      “Through no fault of my own.”

      Cat was stung by his words. “Can you honestly tell me that you would have been thrilled if I’d told you that I was pregnant? ‘Children have no place in my life,”’ she said, repeating the very words he’d said to her.

      She waited for a moment. “What? No snappy comeback? No denial?”

      “I remember what I said,” he admitted. “But I can’t walk away now that I know.”

      “Can’t you?”

      “No.”

      It wasn’t so much the word as the tone he used when uttering that one word that convinced Cat that he was serious. “Okay.”

      “Then I can see her?”

      She searched his eyes. “Yes. But only for a few minutes.”

      “That’s all?”

      “For now.” She turned his words back on him. “Wait here.”

      After she left, Rory walked a few paces to the fireplace, stared at the collection of photos on the carved mantel. There was a silver-framed photo of Cat and her folks, taken, he guessed, when she was in college; another of her brother and sister, who looked older than he remembered, so that it must have been taken recently; a third that included everyone, with Tara as the focal point. There was a Christmas tree in the background, heavily weighted with ornaments and lights. The little girl in the picture looked happy beyond belief, surrounded by a tight-knit clan that obviously adored her.

      “Rory.”

      He spun around and the breath caught in his throat. Holding her mother’s hand was his secret child.

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