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It see the view of the presents under the tree, the Brother’s big body a physical ift of Bitty in their lives was being seriously road-blocked
V continued after another swig from the bottle "Who he says he is Where he’s frorandparents--and the fact that they’re both dead I also met with people at his household of eood employee, never a slacker Lives alone on the estate, keeps to himself Widely known in the community that his sister, Bitty’s ainst the wishes of her falanced at Mary "Nobody knew about Bitty’s existence until you posted what you did on Facebook, and it took time for word to filter to hie could feel the tension in Mary’s body increase with each sentence, sure as if she were being pounded on by fists On his side, he wanted to roar, but who exactly was he going to yell at? V, theexcept come forhen he learned his niece was out in the world alone as an orphan?
The Christive a shit
"Fuck," he breathed
V sat forward and tapped his ash, his black-gloved hand a badass contrast to the delicate and lovely Herrave;s ashtray "I asked Ruhn to coht He did He took h his e to introduce ain, a loner"
"But is he ready to take care of her?" Mary blurted "A child is …"
As she trailed off, she put her head in her hands "Oh, what a"
"I don’t know the answer to the fitness thing," V said "That’s way above rade So Marissa is--"
A knock on the library doorin, the fe about so or another and deciding … whatever the fuck
In Rhage’sback over to the Christhts twinkled in the deep green branches, and how the shiny foil of soolden flicker of the fire
"… Rhage?" Mary prompted
He shook hi? That we go to the Audience House and meet him there?"
"Yeah Sure"
Everybody stared at hie refocused on the gifts "Can I still give Bit what I got her for Christe pulled into the Audience House’s driveway and eased on around to the back garages As Mary tried to collect her thoughts, Rhage parked the GTO, turned off the powerful engine and the headlights … and then together they sat there, staring at the row of hedges that he had nosed the muscle car into
I have no idea how to do this, Mary decided
For the entire trip fro for so … to carry herself through looking Bitty’s rightful next of kin in the eye and not co down