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"Just thinking," Donovan replied

Garrett nodded "Yeah, that rats to both of you," Donovan said "Can’t believe you two are providingit well?"

Sa with love at the nancies

"She’s happy," Garrett said softly "We both are I worried it would be too soon But she wanted a child, and well, I’ve alanted a house full But I’d wait indefinitely if that hat she wanted"

"I think we all knohere I stand," Saht after Rachel’s babies were born Not sure if this will be the last or not I’ll leave that up to Sophie Every child is a blessing, and I’ll take as rateful for every one"

Garrett nodded "Sarah and I have soave Ethan twins Hell, I’ about children yet"

Donovan sh hell It’s probably s They still have a lot to work through And they have all the ti And hell, so is Nathan They still have a few years before they get to where Sam hen he had his first"

"Don’t re forty sucks I feel like an old fart now"

Garrett and Donovan both laughed

Sahter stopped "Nohat’s this about this kid Rusty hired and his sisters? You said it was bad You also said they’re running fro What do we need to know here and what can we do to help?"

Donovan sighed and ran his hand raggedly through his short hair "The hell of it is, I don’t know I’ve never felt so damn helpless in my life"

Garrett frowned and took a step forward "I’ve seen you get worked up over woer plenty of tioing on here? We need the full truth Not the watered-down version you gave Ma and the rest of the faht They’re in trouble I just don’t knohat they’re running fro in He walks like he expects someone to ju over his shoulder He’s so obvious about it that it e Someone would ust and anger "What do you plan to do?"

Donovan lifted his shoulders and then let the "That’s the problem I don’t know and it pisses me off I can’t treat this like a mission Go in, kick ass and take na I o on and live their lives This woman is scared shitless Her brother and sister are scared shitless It was like being punched in the balls to see that four-year-old little girl look at me like I was a monster"

"Damn," Garrett said softly "That sucks,we can do"

"Oh, I’ over his brothers "I have to figure out a way to get close to the thehly And then, if Ca in Maren so she can check out Cairl’s name?" Sam asked "Cae Reminds me a lot of her But where Charlotte is a happy, normal child without a care in the world and an entire family behind her to love and protect her, Cammie has Travis and Eve and that’s all she has"

"I’m sure Maren would love to help," Garrett said "Good idea to call her in and bring her out Not like she doesn’t make house calls now that she’s taken over Doc Ca it a lot easier and Doc has stepped back in to take some of the patient load while she’s been on maternity leave, but she still sees a few patients Steele’s been breathing down her neck trying to make her take it easier," Sam said, amusement thick in his voice

Donovan and Garrett both chuckled It was funny as hell to see the teahter Steele with a baby was a sight no one in KGI ever i But it was hilarious to see the ice er of Dr Maren Scofield--now Steele--and their daughter, Olivia

"Steele won’t like letting Maren go in alone," Garrett warned "If he gets wind of the situation, there’s no way in hell he’ll let her go in without hiht of Steele, he’ll scare the shit out of theri hio in with Maren I will have been out twice by then, so I think they’d be okay with ood idea"

"I’ll put a bug in his ear and assure hi But I need the situation, Van I need to know everything about what she’s going into, because Steele is going to want to know and I can’t just tell hi and to trust us You know him He plays by his own damn rules, and he’s very protective of Maren and Olivia"

"There’s no danger inside that trailer," Donovan murmured "It’s a run-down piece of crap that no hu in Caood kid Earnest Deter eless look to her Like she could be twenty or thirty or anywhere in between Beautiful But scared to death"

Garrett’s and Saer brother Donovan shifted unco he’d probably said too iven hi he needed was a lecture about getting too emotionally involved More so than normal, at least

"What’s this woman mean to you, Van?" Sam asked quietly