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"We give it a chance," I whispered his line back to hie," Imy hand over the skin on my left arm for the first time in six weeks "It looks smaller too" I pulled ot from the cold weather

Marie took her eyes off the road for a second and shts clearly

"So tellto avoid answering Marie had been very careful with her answers last night, skirting around subjects and giving me cryptic replies

She was quiet for aabout what to say before she said it

"Ryan told one," she replied easily

"Oh" I nodded

Her reply seemed almost rehearsed I sensed there wasto share, so, while ere on the subject, I tossed out my next question

"And how did you and Taowns?" I stared at her while she drove

She sighed heavily "Ryan asked me to verify your shoe size because he wasn’t sure if you wore a seven or a seven and a half Considering how banged up you were, he wanted you to feel gla "Do you have any idea how freaking lucky you are?"

I thought about her statement Several reasons for me to feel lucky came to mind First and forelanced over when I didn’t answer

"Do you knohat Gary got me for my birthday?"

"I know he took you to dinner," I remembered "Didn’t he buy you a bracelet?"

"That was for our wedding anniversary No, for my birthday ent to McD’s and then he took et a new air filter for er and an air filter, Taryn!"