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Anna snorted and got into Grace’s car, then sat there like a queen while Grace wrestled with getting the wheelchair folded and into the trunk "You know," Grace finally said, swiping her broith her arm, "if you learned how to do that yourself, you could have your own vehicle One of those adapted vehicles that you could drive yourself"

"Oh, actually I do usually handle it bylook, and Anna lifted her hands "Sorry! But people like to helpwith iverinned "You and Josh are the only ones to call me on this stuff, you know that?"

"What else does Josh call you on?"

Anna shrugged "He says I’et ry to be on the road"

"So get unangry Learn to toe the line I could teach you Once upon a ti the line At least the pretense of it"

"He treatslike one," Grace said "And while we’re on the subject, he cares about you very ured you didn’t know, seeing as you treat him the way you do"

"And how do I treat hi

"I bet if you treated him nicer, he’d loosen up a bit with the reins," Grace said

"He’s not the boss of me"

"So you can do whatever you want"

"Exactly," Anna said

"And what is it that you want?"

Anna didn’t answer for so long that Grace figured she wasn’t going to get one But then Anna finally spoke "I want my mom and dad back"

Grace kept her eyes on the road but her throat went tight as she nodded "I can only ilad you have other fa rat’s pretty cute"

"And Josh," Grace said

Anna turned away and looked out the"Anyone ever tell you that you drive like a girl?"

"I airl Don’t you have class today?"

"Missed the bus"

"I’ll drive you"

"Missed class already"

Grace looked at her "Callyou don’t like your cooking and writing classes"

"Gee, ya think?"

"So why don’t you go for soree," Grace said

"In what? I’m in a wheelchair"

"Are your eyes and brain paralyzed?"

Anna rolled her unparalyzed eyes

"What interests you?" Grace asked

"Getting houy? Good to you?"

A shrug "Yeah"

"What do you like about his," Grace said "You’re supposed to just say no"

This earned her another eye roll "He doesn’t care that I’s "He thinks I’ about the way Anna said it that made Grace take another look at her "You are pretty You’re beautiful But a guy that age thinks everyone’s sexy"

There it was again, the odd look flickering in Anna’s eyes Uncertainty "Anna He’s not pushing you for anything you’re not ready for, is he?"

"I’ you for sex?"

"I’m paralyzed, not stupid I’m not a pushover, for anyone"

"Good," Grace said, not feeling better, because Anna’s posture didn’t hed and took her hoet out, just faced the sideas she spoke "So how old were you when you first…"

Grace did the e sixteen,her without an influential feo to Josh about these things "Forty-five"

Anna snorted

"Look," Grace said "There’s no right age Just as long as the guy is right Are you telling h You have to be into him And not just because he’s hot either You’re so suy to be into you and be just as s

"Just promise me you won’t let hi inside the house

Grace went to the guesthouse and opened her laptop, where she began to weed through the interested applicants for the nanny position First up was a patient of Josh’s, and all she wanted to knoas if Josh was still single Delete The next applicant was sixty-five and had asked if there was a retireed and desperate, Grace finally found two se applicants and set up interviews for Josh Then she got Toby fro

"Arf," she said back "But I was sort of hoping we could speak in English today too ’Cause we’re going to s don’t eat pizza"

"I like pizza!"

She smiled, took his hand, and walked hi and htsaber skills, dueling in the living room

"Gotta be the bestest Jedi warrior in all the universe," Toby told her, swinging his lightsaber

"Awesome," Grace said "Why?"

"’Cause if I’m the bestest, then my mom’ll come"