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"But you never broke, Chris You’re following your path and still finding your way Take it froet a second chance"

Not with Alex What he said next surprised him "What do I do about Simon? If he’s alivewe’re eneer shook his head "What you do depends on what you find"

"He eats people" He’s my brother; we’re identical twins He’s me and I’m him

"If that is all he is, then you have your answer, don’t you?"

"How can he be randfather’s expression, Chris heard the catch in his voice "That er could not say the sained Well, what did he expect? He’d shown up in town a virtual stranger, only a copy, a faded Xerox

"Try not to be bitter for too long," Yeager said "Life is hard enough"

"Whose fault is that? I was a kid I saw you, what, five times before the world blew up? It was Peter who really cared, ent out of his way--" He sed back the rest "How else aer"

"I don’t need your permission"

"But you’re not stupid, Chris Of all people, you should knohat anger does to the soul You have only to re to lecture er and reed to take Simon in the first place You were rich You could have fixed things, done soet ive ive you That’s what you’re really asking for, so you can die and believe everything’s all right What you did and let happen--to me, to Peter, Alex--those are your mistakes, your sins to bear Knohat? Take it up with God, if you see hieance, and he will pay her what she deserves Jere to Babylon, not Rule, but I take your point You asked about Simon There really is only one choice you’ll need to make: life or death"

Someone will die Chris looked back at Jess So out soon"

"All right" Yeager peered up at him "Why did you come? You’ve made it abundantly clear it wasn’t to see uess" Noas his turn to pause "Why did you think it was okay? She was randfather brushed an errant strand of hair from Jess’s forehead "The heart wants what it wants, and only I was married I was selfish, and she was vulnerable: beautiful, aAt least, we thought so Her husband had been declared legally dead"

"A mistake, or did he really disappear?"

"Perhaps a bit of both? Even before Vietnam, he was involved in soered on Jess’s cheek "When did you figure it out?"

Technically, he’d known ever since Peteryou could say, even to a guy who believed in the two halves of the soul

"When Tom showed us the picture Isaac said he was a business partner and then I remembered that it’s the only mine shaft that was never finished," Chris said "That’s when I knew that Jess had been Finn’s wife"

"Nooo" Clutching her Savage in one tight fist, Ellie sta turned a worried look "Please don’t make me I want to stay with you Why can’t I?"

"Ellie, honey" While very bright, the h clouds, and he was having a hard ti to catch her eyes Go easy; she’s grown up a lot, but she’s still only eight "Look at me You have to listen It won’t be safe here"