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She nodded and turned away froain

"Will the choir be don again any time soon?" he asked brusquely

Monica wasn’t so dense not to knohat he wanted He was asking to see her again She shook her head and not daring to look at hi though"

"When?"

The question shouldn’t have been so difficult Her plans had been nebulous at best So to wait to see Chet again A whole as out of the question

"Monday night," she said, still not looking at hin of confir as fast as she could, she rushed toward the house, not looking back until she reached her front porch Only then did she chance a look over her shoulder

Chet was parked in the sa for her to make it safely inside the house

Chapter 9

Just when everything was straight in her mind, this had to happen, Jody mused as she drove home from work Tuesday afternoon The snow that had taken Seattle by surprise on Sunday hadto a dirty slush that filled the side streets

Jody’s route from the house to the office had been traveled so often she could al a side street that led her past Providence Hospital

For reasons she couldn’t explain even to herself, she pulled into the hospital parking lot and climbed out of her car Glen had asked to take Ti, and she’d put hi she had to check her schedule He’d seemed surprised and disappointed, but he hadn’t questioned her further

Timmy claimed he didn’t want another father, not now, not after he’d carefully gone through Jeff’s items For the first tiht to start another relationship now

The nativity scene had been up for several days and she’d driven past it for the last seven years without ever stopping Now seemed the perfect time Now seemed the worst possible er scene, and breathed in the serenity

"Jeff," she whispered, "help me" She didn’t honestly expect him to hear her, nor did she believe it was possible for him to respond to her despondent prayer Yet she reached out to him, because she wasn’t sure which way to turn

"You’d like Glen," she whispered "He’s the kind of man you would have called a friend"

The only sounds that returned to her were fro, Jody realized Nor was it hurting She took a few moreto the car

Ti for her Every day she called the babysitter when she left the office and Timmy walked down the block, unlocked the house, and was there when she arrived home a few minutes later Itadult Less of a Tihts shone from the s as she pulled into the driveway Ti from the television screen

"Glen called," he told her when she joined hi in the , just bills"

Jody sorted through the sle Christ to call Glen back?" Tiame control

"In a minute" She scooted the otto on the floor, intent on his gaood part"

"Are you ready to save the world again?"

He broke his concentration long enough to cast her a disgruntled look "You can’t do that with football"

"Oh"

Apparently having lost, he groaned and set aside the controller "Okay," he said, looking at her expectantly "I’m ready"

"Glen wanted to take us out to dinner one day this week What do you think?"

Tiaze slid to the row of trophies he’d set out the night before on the fireplace mantel