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"You had a car accident," I said "The League picked you up"

Cate stiffened beside ht the sudden comprehension fall over her features, out of the corner of

"Yes, but if you feel well enough, you can go," Cate said, when she recovered "Your brother asked us to give you soruround for his shoes "Why can’t I remember the accident?"

I’ the shock on her face Her hand floated up toward my shoulder--to steady me, or herself, I wasn’t sure--but I stepped away

"Does your head still hurt?" Ihis jacket I couldn’t bring myself to take it off "You hit it pretty hard"

"A little," he ad at ue is just letting o?"

Cate nodded and threw hiht back to her

"I don’t want your money"

"The procedure to contact your parents is also in here," she said

"Don’t want it," he said "Don’t need it"

"What am I supposed to tell Cole?"

Lias "Tell him to come home, and then we can talk" He turned to me "What about you? Are you really one of them? You look like you have a lot more sense than that"

Wordlessly, I took the envelope from Cate When I pressed it into his hand, he didn’t toss it back atto thank you," he told us "I didn’t ask for your help"