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her with a two finger salute before cranking up and pulling down the driveway . |
to get mason into the car seat in her parents ' land rover . |
and buckled in |
in beside him . |
along to each other |
their way through the tree - lined suburbs |
up . |
on her as having a mark against |
an unwed mother |
a relatively non - rebellious life . |
a cheerleader and ran with the popular crowd in school |
to excess . |
on getting good grades . |
at that time |
on going to medical school and becoming a doctor . |
from the time |
a little girl |
nothing more than to help people . |
birds with broken wings or trying to resuscitate squirrels |
by cars . |
playing princess for playing ` ` hospital . '' |
the best scores and best activities and |
any temptations to lead her off the right path . |
to bypass the usual freshman craziness |
off to the university of georgia . |
in love for the first time in her life |
everything away . |
davis , mason 's father . |
another football player , this time a running back at uga , |
and later broke her heart a year later . |
with the fast crowd , and |
with him |
and drank too much . |
controlling and possessive , and |
all of her time . |
with him |
little time for studying . |
the toilet |
unprepared for the emotional breakdown |
up with her . |
going to class and ended up flunking the semester . |
by the time |
back on track with her grades |
any hope of medical school . |
a nurse , |
her need to care for sick people . |
up derailing shortly before graduation |
pregnant unexpectedly . |
to take several semesters off |
a few years off from |
on graduating , but |
megan out of her thoughts . |
` ` |
pleasantly . |
leaning forward in her seat |
the clock on the dashboard . |
surprised to see |
half an |
herself on was being on time and lending a hand . |
into the church |
for mason . |
any help . '' |
over to kiss mason 's cheek . |
` ` see you in a little while , sweetie . '' |
and then happily dodged her mother 's arms for her father 's instead , |
such a man 's man already . |
sitting between her brothers on the couch and watching tv . |
so many male role models |
too much of his father 's personality . |
in the crowd of family and friends waiting in the church alcove |
everyone by turning right and heading down the hallway . |
at the last door on the right |
me , megan . '' |
the door . |
` ` well , |
the fairy godmother |
with a grin . |
her arms around her . |
her a few times , but |
hard not liking emma 's vivacious and outgoing friend . |
back in a lose knot , and |
a demure black slip dress and heels . |
? '' |
, gazing from noah 's diapered but na**d form to emma . |
him a bottle |
in a towel . |
peeking out from the covering |
her signature color , green . |
on his bottle |
a strand of emma 's auburn hair between his fingers . |
fans of |
her hair down . |
a lot of experience with baptisms . '' |
and motioned to the towel and noah . |
all the proper precautions - nothing like spit - up on your dress or his . '' |
with a nod |
, ` ` tell me about it . |
so old . '' |
the lacy baptismal gown hanging on the closet door . |
it from pictures of ankle 's baptism . |