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  “Why on earth didn’t you tell me!” he said, reaching for it “This is very exciting.”

  “Because this was Academy Awards day and I didn’t want the book or anything else to detract from it, even for a minute.”

  Touched by her needless concern, Zack picked the book up, turning it over, and Julie watched with a mixture of anxiety and eagerness for his first reaction to the cover. “It’s beautiful,” he said decisively, holding it out and studying the colorful roses in full bloom that were heavily embossed on a dusty pink marbled background.

  “What do you think of the title?”

  He smiled and said it aloud: “You named it Perfect.”

  She nodded.

  “I like it,” he said with a grin. “How did you happen to come up with the title?”

  “That was the easiest part,” she whispered, lifting her eyes to his. “It’s our story, but the book is really all about you.”

  Zack’s smile faded and tenderness burst inside him. He yanked her into his arms, burying his face in her hair and holding her. She had stood by him when the world branded him evil, wanted him when he had nothing to offer her, and taught him about forgiveness. She cheered for his triumphs, supported him when he was right, and stubbornly opposed him when he was wrong. She reinvented his life for him and filled it with purpose and meaning and laughter and love. And then she gave him his son.

  He remembered the words of the poem Debby Sue Cassidy had written for hen

  I used to be ashamed

  And now I am proud.

  The world once was dark

  And now it is bright.

  I used to have dreams

  But now I have hope.

  Thanks to Julie.

  “Don’t cry, darling,” Julie whispered, amazed by the dampness on the hard cheek that was pressed to hers. Curving her hand around his nape to hold him closer she teased shakily, “You haven’t read my book yet. I may be a better writer than you think.”

  In the midst of one of the most achingly poignant moments of his life, Zack burst out laughing.

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