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Miss Brighaado in the shade of the church's front steps In part she did this to keep him cool, but also because it allowed her to sit on the step and talk to hiado?"

"Hector, please"

"Yes, of course Hector" She savored each syllable of his na to lust after anyone, but after five years surrounded by only children, Miss Brigham couldn't help herself On top of that, Hector was so handso muscles Not even Reverend Crane had been so handso

The only imperfection was that awful tube in his mouth Her stoht down the nausea; she kneould not be ladylike to vo so vile?

He blew out another cloud of s when that storm hit Blew me all the way here, onto the beach"

"Oh dear Your fa ring on his finger, but he ht have lost that in the storm

"I don't have any family left Except for Lucy"

"Lucy? Is that your wife?"

He laughed at this and shook his head "No, I ain't thekind, trust me Lucy is my niece The one you call Saiven up all hope of ever seeing her again and then I wake up onI ever saw"

"It's the Lord at work He has brought you together" Miss Brigham s you here to be reunited with your niece"

"He could have done that without destroying your town, couldn't he?"

"Yes, but perhaps He has so else in o to the ht My house is a bit se"

"Don't any of you have faham shook her head "Our families have been dead for quite some time Except for Samantha, of course"

"You mean all these kids are orphans?"

"I'm afraid so, Hector I'm all they have now that Reverend Crane and Mr Pryde are dead"

"That's awful" He blew another cloud of s "Social services will have a bitch of a ti foster homes for all of them"