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"Not in front of e h, had fired up the canister-and-vacuu up the splashes on the mosaic floor in his formal black and white unifor the wand off, he inquired, "Does anyone require aught? Last Meal is going to be served in ten e said, sounding exhausted "But thanks,Which, Lassiter was right, did sound dirty

"Coe’s arht, Molass in her heart

"Yes," she said slowly "I iht now"

That didn’t e could not deny the little girl, and the two of the roo next to alike he was half dead

Mary jumped when a hand to help her off the floor appeared in front of her face Lassiter was back up on his Nikes and staring down at her froht with a somber expression

Abruptly, the fact that the butler et-vac’ing up the reely because the grand and colorful foyer--with its h painted ceiling and its grand fireplace and great stairas exactly where you didn’t ever want to have one

Meeting the eyes of the angel, she said, "You knew, didn’t you"

"That Fritz was going to love the wet vac?"

"That her uncle was going to show up and that Rhage and I were co to help"

"Oh," he made a pshaw motion with the hand she had yet to take "I’m not that smart"

"And you couldn’t stand to see her in pain any more than the rest of us could"

After a moment, Lassiter sank down onto his haunches next to her Reaching out to her face, he brushed one side of it with his right hand and the other with his left

Then he h to make all the veins pop up in his heavy forearms A second later, he unfurled his hands In the center of both his pal the light around them with rainbow flashes

"A mother’s tears," he whispered "So hard … so beautiful"