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He laughed "It’s where I keep the old me"

She sat down on his bed with her drink as he pulled out a s out a black picture fra upon a photo of a woht red hair and eyes the same color as Carmine’s

Haven couldn’t breathe It was the face she had seen repeatedly in her dreaht Eh her, her voice a broken whisper "She’s an angel"

Car it back into the box, he set it on his desk "She is," he said quietly "Now, anyway"

Dreaht It was a dark, cloudless night, the glow of thethe scene in her irl with nappy hair, trying to squeeze by to see out of the stables "What’s going on, Mairl," her mama said quietly as she tried to shoo Haven away "Go lie down"

"But I’ued "Please, Ma," she said "It’s all over"

Haven gave up on trying to go around, instead getting on the ground and scurrying between her legs She could faintly round beside it, motionless, lay a person "It’s Miss Martha!"

"Hush," her mama said "You don’t want them to hear"

"Sorry, Mama" Haven tried to whisper, but she couldn’t help herself She watched as Miss Martha was placed into the trunk, her eyes closed like she was sleeping "Where’s Miss Martha going?"

"Away from here," her mama answered

"What’s away from here?"

"A lot," she said "There’s a whole world out there"

"Is Miss Martha going out there to the world?"

"No, Miss Martha’s gone to Heaven"

"What’s Heaven?"

Her ine People don’t hurt anyo to Heaven There’s peace there It’s beautiful Everyone’s beautiful"

Haven so to Heaven?"

She nodded "Soel will come to take you away"

Suddenly the darkness erupted in blinding light Haven shielded her eyes She could feel the sun burning her as she ran, air fanning her sweaty skin She pretended to fly, like Miss Martha did to Heaven the night before, and slaround, she could barely ht She was confused until a soft voice shattered the silence "You’re awfully dirty, little one"

The blindness cleared as the form knelt down to look at her Sheer beauty, love, and coel, but she was sure one had coht when Carmine woke up His head pounded, his eyes burned He blinked a few ti, he popped two Tylenol to squelch the hangover before strolling out of the room As soon as he reached the second floor, his footsteps wavered when Haven stepped into the hallith his father Her eyes met his the saain?" he asked

"No Why?"

"Two days in a row you’ve walked around with barely any clothes on"

He looked down at hilad at least that much sank in over the years"

He chuckled "What, you think you’re too young to be a grandfather?"

"As a matter of fact, yes," he said "I’m only forty-one But frankly, I’ as I a someone For a while, every time you said the words, ‘what’s this?’ I feared you would expose yourself to show hed "Well, thanks for the concern, but I assure you my dick’s in fantastic shape"

Vincent shook his head as he glanced at Haven "You’re excused, child I’s to attend to"

She practically bolted for the steps as Vincent turned back to Caret dressed"

"Why? It’s not like I’m indecent"

"I didn’t say you were indecent, but I have a free day, so I thought we’d go shooting like old tiaped at him "Vincent DeMarco cleared his schedule to spend tie , Carmine headed upstairs and threw on so his teeth when Haven walked in "Are you and Dr DeMarco going away?"

He nodded, rinsing out his uns"

"You’ll be safe, won’t you?"

"Yeah, he’s not going to shoot ," he said "I tested hiun at er"

Instead of rew "He pointed a gun at you?"