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I followed behind her, wincing as she went straight to the raided fridge Mo over her shoulder Wisps of blond hair sneaked out of her bun

Her delicately arched broered and her perky little nose wrinkled "Katy…?"

"Sorry" I shrugged "I was snowed in And I got hungry A lot"

"I can tell" She closed the door "It’s okay I’ll run to the store later The roads aren’t bad now" She paused, rubbing her brow "Well, soet down, but I can make it into town"

Which o with"

"That would be nice, honey As long as you plan not to put stuff in the cart and then throw a fit when I take it out"

I gave her a bland look "I’m not two"

Her saucy smile was cut off by her yawn "I’ve barely had any down time Most of the nurses couldn’t make it in I covered the ER, prenatal ward, anda bottle of water, "the detox floor"

"That blows" I trailed behind her again, feeling incredibly Mommy needy

"You have no idea" She took a sip, stopping at the base of the stairs "I’ve been bled on, peed on, and thrown up on In that order and so was now placed with school ad To Happen Possible Job list

"Oh!" She started up the stairs, twisting halfway around and teetering on the edge of the step Oh, dear "Before I forget, I’ at Grant on the weekends, it will be Winchester Busier in the city andthe shift around here, and Will works weekends anyway, so it works out better"

Which also meant more ti, spinning-down feeling "What did you say?"

Mom frowned "Honey, your voice… I really want to look at your throat Okay? Or we can get Will to take a look I’m sure he won’t mind"

I was frozen "Have…have you heard from Will?"

"Yes, we’ve talked while he’s been out west attending an Internal Med conference" She smiled slowly "Are you okay?"

No I was not okay

"Here," she said "Come upstairs, and I’ll take a look at your throat with the scope--"

"When…when did you talk to Will?"

Confusion flickered across o Honey, your voice--"

"Nothing’s wrong with h, of course, and Mo her a grandma This was my chance to tell her the truth

I went up a step and stopped All the words--the truth--got tangled up somewhere betweeniven any of them a heads-up And would she believe me? Worst yet, Mom… She loved Will I knew she did

Sto into raw knots, I forced the panic out ofho into a pinched line "Not for another week, but Katy… Are you sure that’s what you wanted to say?"

Was he really coone through the mutation successfully and Daemon and I were now linked to him? Or had it faded?

I needed to talk to Daemon Now

My o…"

"Go where?" she asked

"See Dae for my boots

"Katy" She waited until I stopped "Will told me"

Ice drenched my veins as I turned around slowly "Told you what?"

"He told me about you and Dae each other" She paused and got that Mom look The one that said, I’m so disappointed in you "He said you mentioned it and honey, I just wish you would’ve told hter’s boyfriend isn’t hoanted to learn"

My jaw hit the floor