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"Just a little Not what you said, just your voices Are you sure you should be consorting with hiood reputation"

"Why is that?"

"I don’t know, exactly Mother Wade just says they’re troubleht as well tell you They need a nurse at Caht help with money, especially if you don’t need me for deliveries anymore The problem is, I don’t knohat I’d do with the doctor"

There’s a long pause as Lilly contemplates my situation "If there’s a job there, you should take it," she finally says "You know yourself that jobs are few and far between If you don’t like the h, you can always quit" A hopeful smile crosses her pretty face "Maybe I could take care of Dr Blum and you could pay me a little Say, fifteen cents a day"

"But what if you start contracting again, or what if he tries to wander off?"

"I ht have to tie a bell to his shoes so I could tell where he is, but BK is here ht even find little chores for his Not h I don’t understand why I’ll think about your proposition The first thing is to see how the camp feels and if there’s an actual offer frorand idea Maybe if BK thinks it’s okay, I’ll let Dr Blum stay with you while I visit White Rock the first tioes" I et back to the farot apples for applesauce" She pours half a bucket of the bad ones in a clean white sac that she finds under the counter, this without sight, and she doesn’t drop one! I’m surprised when she moves toward me and takes me in her arms "It will be okay, Miss Becky We will all be okay Even this one" Here she rubs her swollen belly "We will get through this together"

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Camp White Rock

"Isaac, today will be different" I use a soft schoolteacher voice as if I’ to a six-year-old and that’s about how old Blu a baby e first returned to Liberty to being a first grader, but still that’s progress "After we make our last delivery, you’ll stay with the Bitto to the CCC camp"

"You’re to do as they tell you Theyto do, just sit down on a box This interview is important They need a nurse at the ca He has the same blank stare as he always does

The trip to the CCC ca Crocker Creek, which roars around boulders the size of an auto, I cli away on the right A to drive this road in the winter? Twenty ns of reen arrow that reads CCC CAMP