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  “Are you really okay? Alex? I was out in the garden. I thought that maybe you were back from Boston. Now I’m having prescient feelings, premonitions, just like you.”

  I reached out and took Christine into my arms and suddenly everything was right. I felt whole again. I felt connected to the eternal river and all that good stuff. I had missed that feeling for too many years of my life.

  “This was part of my premonition,” she whispered. “I willed you here, Alex. I willed you into my arms.”

  We kissed and pressed against each other and it seemed as if we were merging, getting closer and closer. I loved the touch of her mouth against mine, the feel of her body, the way we fit. We were both strong, and yet we could be gentle together. I passionately believe in soulmates. I guess I always have. The best thing I had ever done in my life was to be in love. I missed it and was finally ready to love again.

  “I missed you too much this time,” I whispered against the softness of her cheek.

  “I missed you,” she said. “That’s why I couldn’t sleep. I knew you would come.”

  She’s the one, I was thinking. I didn’t have any doubt of it.

  Heart leads head.

  I cupped her face gently in my hands. She felt so precious to me.

  “I love you more than I ever loved anything in my life. I love you so much. Marry me, Christine.”

  Also by James Patterson:

  The Thomas Berryman Number

  Season of the Machete

  See How They Run

  The Midnight Club

  Along Came a Spider

  Kiss the Girls

  Hide & Seek

  Jack & Jill

  Miracle on the 17th Green

  (with Peter de Jonge)

  Cat & Mouse

  When the Wind Blows

  Pop Goes the Weasel

  Black Friday

  Cradle and All

  Roses Are Red

  1st to Die

  Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas

  Violets Are Blue

  2nd Chance

  The Beach House

  The Jester

  The Lake House