They had their Christmas-gift exchange right before he left town, and when she opened her gift and saw the boots, she wept. No one had ever given her a gift like that in her life and he enjoyed success when she kissed all over him. He took her into his arms, laughing sentimentally. "I've never seen you cry," he said, holding her close, rocking her back and forth gently. "Oh, you'd have seen way too much of that a year ago…." "But these are happy tears. That's different. That means I did good." "You did very good," she said. "They're just amazing. Exactly what I would have had made for myself. Like my own skin. I could sleep in them." "But someone could get hurt," he reminded her with a laugh. She
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