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"But I tried, baby," Jordan said when he and Tania were reunited "I really tried to get him for you"

"I know you did," Tania said, so overwhelmed with relief that Jordan had been found alive that she insisted on riding along to Beth Israel with him in the ambulance to make sure his CAT scans turned out norot the call that the scans had, and that they were sending over Jordan’s assistant to collect their things frouys," Jordan said into the phone "But Tania doesn’t feel like we need to stay with you anymore She’s ready to co up h-five "That’s too bad We’ll miss you both so much"

Now I stroke Lucy’s head as she curls up on the bed beside us and gaze at Cooper’s new Ar from my closet door

"You know," I say, "that paint is supposed to be washable"

"I don’t want to talk about it," Cooper says and reaches into the drawer of the nightstand on his side of the bed for the re one of those shows you like, where the people eat weird things?"

"You shouldn’t beat yourself up over it," I say with a s attacked too"

"They were being attacked," Cooper reminds me

"Right," I say "Good thing you were there with your Glock to put a stop to it--"

He lifts one of the pillows and puts it over ins to bark and Owen, over on the dresser, looks away in disdain

I don’t blaet as much on-caht it would be highly aun fro room and ambush the competition as they were lined up in the hallway outside the stage door, waiting for the Rock Off to begin

That turns out to have been what all the screaht before Gary caeand why, because the paintball attack caused so much hysteria and chaos, it took Cooper a little while to wade through it and get back to us

"What did I do that was so wrong?" Cassidy kept asking, her eyes widened innocently, when Mallory and the other girls, in tears, accused her of purposefully ruining their outfits "Anyone can check out paintball stuff froe sports complex All you have to do is leave your ID Don’t be such bad sports, you guys The show ht?"

Only it turns out that in cases of shootings, the show does not go on The Rock Off was canceled due to the real-life shooting, the filo hoood

"This is outrageous," I overheard Mrs Upton raging at Stephanie on the sidewalk outside the auditorium as I accompanied Cooper to Detective Canavan’s car (because it turns out you can’t shoot someone, not even a wanted suspect in o down to the station house to answer a lot of questions about it) "I deiven the opportunity that she was proned to co contract with--"

"Mrs Upton" Stephanie Breas leaning against the side of the building She looked happier than I’d seen her in a while, but I’m pretty sure that was because the ca to say this to you for teeks now Shut Up"