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She forced her eyes to his "So it’s a sexist thing?"

"It’s hoas raised," was all he offered

It could be worse, she supposed "This is uidance"

"At hoht, to blame you for their problems?"

She couldn’t deny that had happened "So planes"

Mary took the phone and stood "You do that"

Unlike her initial sail over the bed, this tinore his eyes as they followed her around the roouy is really crazy?"

She turned to see hiuess is that would make anyone a little off balance"

Glen sat taller "Do you have a gun?"

She narrowed her eyes "A what?"

"A gun" He ers "You know"

Mary shook her head in despair "No I do not own a gun" To own a gun would mean she could use one And she didn’t think she could

"I’d feel better if you had a gun"

She regarded hi my welfare is none of your concern then"

His stare went directly through her, his lips lost all expression

"That was uncalled for I’rabbed the jeans he’d been wearing the night before

"I’o," he told her as he jerked his pants on

A voice told her to drop it, but her heart sang a different tune She approached him and placed a hand on his arm "I could tell you I’m not awake, that I’m upset about that call But the truth is I’ I wasn’t sure how to respond and I did so poorly"

He stopped short of zipping up his pants and let his arht be the first honest thing I’ve heard coht of her own observation she’d made about him the previous day and let a slow smile simmer over her lips "Touché"

They arrived back at the hospital just before noon

The place had exploded with people and flowers While Glen had no real need to return to baby central, he kept his return flight on standby, using the excuse that he needed to await his brother’s arrival before justifying his trip home