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"Not for long," Lassiter murmured

"Excuse irl seeazine

"Six weeks seeht It isn’t"

The angel put his hand on her shoulder "It’s all going to be okay"

So in his voice reached her at her heart and eased the ache there sure as if he had given her a Tylenol for a sprained ankle

"Go," he told her "I’ her side"

"I love you, Lassiter," she said without looking away frolanced back at him "Did you just quote Harrison Ford to me"

"Yes, Leia And it’s also true Go on, Mother, she’s safe"

Mary gave the angel a quick hug and then she left the h the vestibule to the Volvo station wagon she used As she was getting in, her phone went off and she du in case Bitty needed--

It was a text froe

Can’t wait till coast is clear today Meet hed "Coast is clear" was the code phrase they used forlove And it was funny, ever since Bitty had cootten even better because it had to be planned, snuck in, kept a secret

It’s a date, she texted back But I’ll fill the Jacuzzi so the level is right

Nobody wanted a repeat of the deluge that had happened the last time they’d tried to have sex in a bubble bath Besides, Lassiter had already purchased all of the Little Meret a second stuffed tarpon the size of a Volkswagen?

Then again, that was a question best left unanswered

Mary was still s when she pulled up to Safe Place about twenty e, the feeling that all was right in her world was like having sunshine pouring down over her body, her step light as a breeze, a little tune hu up and out of her throat

"Hey, everyone," she said to the groupin here"