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A thirdto this same man, "She’s my sister You can’t take her froirl is safe with Coralea We both know that I’htsister"

"She’s my sister"

"You knohat I ether"

"You just said Cora would fight you on that"

"Yes, but Aaron, we both know you have no rights to your sister You’re not an adult You have no guardianship over Ally"

"We have the saainst her o into the foster systeht be better off there than anywhere else"

"Let ht for her I have the irls, not just s with me"

"She’s not with you She’s with Cora We both know that’s a disaster waiting to happen You can visit your sister I’ll make sure she’s taken care of--"

AJ yelled, "I said no! I knohat you’re planning You’re going to take her out of state and hope she doesn’t re to take omy sister away froit

Theto look at me His wife turned with him, a confused frown on her face But there was no confusion on his face He knew me, just like I knew hian twisting inside uy--he knew AJ He’d spoken to him He was… I looked at hies of silver in it now, combed to the side, and he’d put on a few pounds He’d see at him now, I realized he e now

"You’re Andrea’s father"

His wife gasped Her hand pressed against her mouth

They both looked middle class, but I remembered the headlines He was a wealthy hotelier "Andrea said she was adopted," I said softly That couldn’t be true, though

"Oh, dear" His wife sounded stricken She looked up at him "Edward, she remembers you You said she wouldn’t"

He touched her shoulder and squeezed it "Because I didn’t think she would That’s a goodin the pieces But the ht They had started to fit into place