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at him and he smiled, almost laughing a little.
    “It’s so incredible to see you again. You changed my life,” he told her, meaning the two year trip he’d taken.
    “You changed mine too,” she said with a little laugh, meaning their daughter.
    He raised his eyebrows and nodded. “I can see that.” He walked around the stroller again and kneeled down to see her close.
    “What’s her name?” he asked, looking up at Maggie.
    “I named her Carly. Carly Wilson-Tanner; so she has both of our last names. You weren’t there when she was born and there wasn’t anyone to ask, but I felt like she should carry your name as well. I thought it would be the only part of you that she ever had,” she said with a thin voice as she wiped her eyes dry.
    He looked down at the baby girl who was grinning at him and smiled as wide as he ever had. “Carly...” he said happily and she brightened at hearing him speak her name.
    He heard a polite little cough behind him and he turned suddenly and remembered that Janis was standing behind him.
    Jonathon rose up and blinked, looking at her and feeling a sudden rush of pressure on himself. He took a step toward her, not quite knowing what to say as she watched him silently.
    “Oh.... uh... Janis. I...” He looked back at Carly and Maggie and sighed, then turned back to his fiancée. “Janis, obviously there are some things that I need to take are of here. Things that I obviously didn’t... uh... didn’t know about at all. Why don’t I take you home and we can talk about it there?” Then he turned back to Maggie and looked at her earnestly.
    “You and I have a lot to talk about. When would it be okay to come over to your place and talk with you and visit Carly?” he asked gently.
    She shook her head slowly and gave a half-laugh. “I didn’t think that I’d ever hear those words from you. Ever.” She wiped one last tear away and then sighed and shrugged. “I’m in the same place, if you remember where it is.” She looked at him a little shyly, remembering that night they were together two years before.
    He grinned at her. “I remember exactly where it is.”
    She felt her cheeks get warm. “Okay, well, we’ll be there all night tonight, and then tomorrow I’m at work until about four in the afternoon.”
    Jonathon held his hand up to her. “I want to see you today. I have to get this worked out with you. I can’t believe I’m so far behind on it. I’ll come over in a couple of hours. Will that be all right?” he asked hopefully.
    She nodded. “Yes, that will be fine,” she said, nodding her head and finally giving him a real smile. Carly squealed happily and he reached down and held her little hand for a moment, and then brushed his fingers over her soft dark brown curls.
    Jonathon stood up and nodded to her. “I’ll see you in a while then.” He gave her a wave and a lingering gaze, and then turned back to Janis who was looking none too pleased with him. He placed his hand on her back and walked with her to his car.
    ***
    Maggie watched him go and stood staring after him. She couldn’t believe it. After two years of complete silence and of facing her biggest life change alone, he was there. He was there out of the blue in front of her, right in her path, with no idea that she had gone through anything that she had gone through, that she had had their baby on her own without him, and that his parents had lied to him and not told him that he had a child. There he was, and the moment that he found out that Carly existed and that Maggie had gone through everything that she had on her own, he wanted to be there for her, to talk with her about it and see his child. He wanted to know about it. He was coming to visit her at last, and to discuss their baby.
    It was astounding to her, and it was all she could do just to walk home and try to sort through the myriad of emotions that were twisting through her. Things were about to change, and though it was long past time