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Brent would have driven Grandie had taken the car He didn&039;t knohat had happened between her and Grandma but it had to have been bad

Really bad Grand out in random directions He was pretty sure all of them were broken "I&039;ll carry her," he told Lucy "I&039;ll just pick her up and run to the hospital - I can get there faster than with the car, anyway"

"Sure," Lucy said She was very cal , and still I bounced up and doith every step If you run with her, she&039;ll be shaken up like a bottle of soda I don&039;t think it would help"

"There ood are these powers if I can&039;t help my own family?"

"Chill, Brent," Lucy said, and pulled her cell phone out of the outside pocket of her backpack She dialed 911 and told the operator as going on An a the whole time She couldn&039;t seem to stop She was in a lot of pain When Brent climbed up into the ambulance beside her, she lifted her head and looked down at Lucy, as about to get in, too

"Your little girlfriend should go ho h the doctors will see ized to Lucy with a look "I&039;ll see you there," she said She shrugged good-naturedly and started hobbling home as the paramedics slammed shut the rear doors of the a A lot of it - until the para for the pain When she settled down and her eyes started drooping behind her thick glasses, she reached for Brent&039;s hand with her good left hand and he felt the diaht Oh no Not today - not when Mags was so upset already

Grandie with the diamond Just like she&039;d threatened to do so ie done that was so awful to deserve that? Brent supposed it didn&039;tAs far as Grandht "Grandoing to press charges," she told him "You sahat she did"

Yeah, but you hit her first Except - that wasn&039;t good enough, was it? Perkins the bully had hit Ryan Digby first That hadn&039;t made it okay for Brent to beat him up Still - it was his sister this time That made it different, somehow Not in a way that was fair, but a way that ive her, how are we going to work as a fah Please"

"I won&039;t have her in my house anymore," Grandma insisted

Our house Not yours

"She&039;s wild Like an animal Just like her father"

Our father Our father who just died

"She&039;s a spoiled little brat and she needs to learn discipline or she&039;s going to get herself in a heap of trouble," Grandht

The a, and the pain ain Eventually, though, a doctor came and took her away A nurse took Brent by the are "Your friends are already here They&039;ll take care of you," the nurse told hi to Weathers

"Brent," she said, and juently pushed her away

"What are you doing here?" he asked the FBIan assault on an elderly woman That&039;s the kind of criht have to es That&039;s - that&039;s hoorks, right? She has to actually accuse Maggie of a crime"