Author's Notes:

'The Most Valuable Gift' is a COMPULSORY sequel to 'Love Close TO Home (Erotica)'.

Some minimal effort is made here to bring readers up to speed on the backstory but if you like this story feel free to read the original tale.

The trilogy follows this order:

•Love Close TO Home (Erotica)

•The Most Valuable Gift

•To Walk a Mile

All characters engaging in sexual relationships or activities are 18 years old or older.

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The Most Valuable Gift

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Prologue:

Edward Walters wasn't gifted with great intelligence. He wasn't strikingly handsome nor was he fabulously wealthy. He was, more often than not, tongue tied around women so...