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he and Maggie had made. Jason was everything a man could want in a son. Taking on Todd and Caitie wouldn’t be a hardship, and it certainly wasn’t too late to have another one or two just to round out the bunch. Nick smiled, picturing a new seven passenger van filled with laughing children. The fact that Maggie and he couldn’t be in the same room for five minutes without arguing didn’t interfere with this particular daydream at all. Yes, she was a hot-headed, stubbornly independent little thing, but love had to count for something in this mess, and he’d loved Maggie for twenty years.
    Then where were you for the last fifteen ?
    Nick often hated the times his mind worked both sides of an issue and this was one of them. All right, I’ll admit I didn’t think about her every day for the last fifteen years, but I thought I’d been betrayed, and I certainly didn’t know about Jason. That changes everything.
    Not in her book. I think the lady’s done okay for herself, despite the hardship. Give me one good reason for her to let you back into her life.
    Jason.
    Not good enough, buddy. Jason won’t miss what he never had .
    Then Maggie herself. I want her, and not just for Jason. We were good together before but now it’s like magic. I’ve never been with a woman who affected me like she does.
    That’s passion, not love, you jerk. She won’t buy it. She’s fighting it tooth and nail now .
    “Then I’ll take her to court, damn it,” he shouted out loud, sick of his own arguments.
    Win the child; lose the woman. Brilliant, Sherlock.
    Nick threw the pad against the wall. “Oh, shut up,” he mumbled.
     
     
     

Chapter Three
     
     
    The week had gone from bad to worse as far as Maggie was concerned. She was even more depressed after meeting with her lawyer on Tuesday. Although he had agreed to represent her if it came to that, he vehemently urged her to reach some kind of out of court agreement with Nick.
    “The courts are leaning more heavily towards father’s rights than ever before, and I’ll tell you Nick’s case looks good. I’ve heard he’s a tough lawyer, Maggie. Don’t underestimate him,” he’d told her.
    “Then my letters mean nothing,” she stated angrily.
    “Well no, they show that your intentions were good, in the beginning. You tried to do the right thing, and that will help with the Judge, but in fifteen years you’ve never made any attempt to contact Nick again. I’m sure if you had contacted him at some point during that time, you wouldn’t be in this position.”
    Maggie grabbed her purse and thanked Frank, even though he hadn’t been much help. She left his office more confused and upset than ever.
    The kids had been super excited when she’d told them about going with Nick on Saturday, and even Caitlin had insisted that she too was going to the “ ‘cade”.
    The scene Nick had created at work was quickly forgotten by everyone except Maggie and Jack Harley, who seemed determined to undermine her authority. His almost constant sexual innuendos made her more uneasy than angry. She was used to her share of good-natured ribbing, and it never went any farther than that, but Jack’s sly remarks were different. Unable to admit that the man actually scared her, she tried to laugh them off, but it was becoming more difficult.
    Jack was an expert stone mason, but she would have to let him go if he didn’t change his attitude. The entire crew had to work together, each person doing their job safely and efficiently, and she refused to spend her day trying to dodge him. Maggie waited until Friday to confront him, figuring he’d have the weekend to think about what she said.
    “I’d like a few minutes of your time, Jack,” she told him, catching him alone for a moment. She had no intention of embarrassing either of them.
    “Baby, you can have all my time,” he drawled suggestively, a cocky grin on his face. When he tried to slip an arm around her, Maggie shrugged out of