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Ruby was motivating me through a cooldown on the treadmill when she noticed something.
"Hey, do you recognize that guy? He looks kind of familiar but I can't place my finger on it."
I turned around to see who she was talking about.
"Collin!" I thought I screamed in my head, but actually shouted aloud for the whole gym to hear."
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I told Collin all about Magnolia.
At first he appeared to be angry, as he is allowed to be. I did hide the announcement of his daughter from him.
Then he seemed to move through to hurt and just pure shock before reaching a level of excitement.
Collin: "I'm a father?"
Norah: "You are. To a little girl, Magnolia."
Collin: "I want to be meet her."
Norah: "Of course. I do need to talk to my other three kids about it. I don't want a strange man showing up without notice. Let me sit down with them and I'll call you."
Collin: "I've heard that before, Norah. You promise?
Norah: "I promise."
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Collin: "Norah, right? I never got that call after our night at the charity event downtown."
Norah: "I know. I - uh - " I started to stammer
Collin: "I had a really great time with you and was hoping to do it again if you're interested."
oh boy.
Norah: "I had a great time as well but - "
Collin: "Hey, no obligation here. If you aren't interested, I can handle it."
Norah: "No - that's not - I just .. can we sit down? There's something I should tell you."
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One great thing about having a teenager now, is having a free babysitter on hand.
Collin wanted to celebrate life together and the baby on the way with a night out.
He surprised her with a date at the museum where they met.
Collin: "It was in this spot, on this bench, that I knew you were a woman I wanted to have in my life. Since that night, I knew I wanted to spend my days making sure you never lost that smile."
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I took the boys ice skating and explained the Collin situation in as kid-friendly of a way as I could muster.
Did I mention, I'm a terrible ice skater.
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Collin comes over a lot to help with Magnolia and the other kids. He's been really great with all of them, and they seem to like him back.
Really pulls on Norah's heart strings.
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I met Ruby on her lunch break the next day.
Norah: "How do I explain the situation to Lincoln and Elvis? Ro's probably too young to understand yet. I also can't bring another man into their lives that's just going to leave."
Ruby: "Well, you've told him everything at this point and he hasn't left. He deserves a chance at a relationship with his daughter. Just keep it platonic between the two of you and things are less likely to get messy."
Norah: "Yeah, you're probably right."
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Ruby convinced me to hit the gym with her. After 4 babies, I figured my body would appreciate it.
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