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All Helen’s thoughts that she’d been wrong about Lexi dissipated Whatever choices Lexi hadthele question in Helen’s mind

The need to comfort her rose up inside Helen and she wrapped her arht

Lexi sniffed, her voice ainst Helen’s shoulder "They told you, didn’t they?"

Helen nodded against Lexi’s head Her hair was darker now, softer No ood look for her, even if it did make her appearto be fine," said Helen

Lexi pulled out of the hug and Helen grudgingly let her go She shut the front door "I’m not so sure about that The way Zach left here in such a rush, I’ on, isn’t it?"

"Let’s sit down Have some tea We shouldn’t have to face all of this without a few basic coht?" It was a stall tactic and Helen knew it; she just wasn’t ready to get to the hard stuff yet As sad as it was, even though they’d only known each other a fewDrake She couldn’t believe that she was such a poor judge of character that she’d befriend so to kill innocents

Lexi s in the new space Her ers trembled as she pitched the tissues and washed her hands

"I was going to rescue you," said Lexi "I was sure you’d been brainwashed into believing these were the good guys Guess I was the one with the sudsy brain all along, huh?"

"I can’t blaht"

"Even if I wasn’t?" Regret made Lexi’s words co about Drake, too, at first This whole world is pretty surreal, and it takes so used to"

"Do you hate me?" Lexi asked in a small voice

"No Of course not"

Lexi put two lance over her shoulder "I was going to kill Drake You know that, right?"

Helen nodded, her throat too tight to speak She couldn’t even think about losing Drake He was part of her If anything happened to him, she was sure it would end her

"And you still don’t hate h with it," said Helen

"I would have If it hadn’t been for Zach and the way he treatedhis luceria That’s a long step away froed "I didn’t want hi keeps him alive, then I’ll wear it It’s the least I can do"

"And the ic part is pretty cool, too, huh?"

"I wouldn’t know It doesn’t work for me"

Lexi had kept her back to Helen this whole tiht flush of embarrassentle voice, Helen asked, "What do you mean it doesn’t work for you?"

"I ed at the luceria, which pulsated in vivid greens and blues "This thing doesn’t work on me the way it’s supposed to"

"Give it ti fire"

"Yeah, Zach told ular Firestarter Hard to believe"

"For ht I’d love so"

"So, you love him?" asked Lexi Her dark eyes dropped to the floor like she couldn’t stand to look at Helen

"I do So much"

After a brief silence, Lexi said, "I’m happy for you, Helen I really a Lexi an excuse to turn her attention elsewhere

Helen wasn’t letting her off the hook quite so easily

"It see it, ot some fears of your own to deal with"

Lexi snorted and dropped tea bags into the s "Too many to count Guess that’s the probleet over it"

"How can you sound so calm? So confident? We don’t even know each other Not really And you just found out I was trying to kill the man you love"

"I knoasn’t your idea You’re not the violent type"

Lexi carried the steaotten that whole episode at Gertie’s Diner? I stabbed Zach That’s pretty violent"

"He was being too forceful He deserved a reminder that he can’t iving Helen a sree"

"He didn’t hold a grudge, did he?"