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Once I’d finished with her, I cleaned up Max Well, he took the washcloth and did it hiood job

Boden pounded on the wall separating our roo a crappy ly thick Even when Boden yelled, his words werethe wash cloth in the sink as soon as Boden had called for supper

"Go ahead," I said, waving hi "I’ll be over in a minute"

As soon as Max and Stella disappeared, I lifted up my shirt to check out my incision Daniels said I had to be sure to clean it a lot It seemed to look much better than it had last ti it as best I could

I still had my shirt lifted up when I noticed Clark in thein the bathroom doorway behind me, so I immediately pulled it down

"Uht over I was just finishing cleaning up"

"Don’t rush on my account" Clark smiled and leaned on the doorframe

"I’m not" I s my hands and arms in the cold water "I’m just about done"

"It’s a sha at ry "I so enjoyed playing house"

"It was a nice place," I agreed hurriedly

I’d actually wanted to clean my cut better, per Daniels’ instructions, but it didn’t look like Clark planned on going away anyti my shirt up in front of hiirls like you," Clark commented, and that was it I couldn’t stand to be in the sa to leave, but the flashlight’s bea it at his side by his hip, and I hadn’t been able to see it in the reflection of theknife, and he isting it in his hand

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