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"Perhaps if you gave her a couple days to cool off she’d talk to you"
Jacob kept shaking his head no "This isme nuts"
Obviously
"One of Nina’s concerns in counseling is that you don’t communicate effectively"
"I can’t communicate at all if she won’t pick up the phone or tell me where she is" He spat out the word communicate as if it left a sour taste in his mouth
"She told you her needs, Jacob Ti to meet her needs, which you tell ive her soh his hair "Space Fine"
"Good"
Jacob turned a full circle before twisting toward his car on the other side of the lot
Mary scrambled a little quickly inside hers and locked the door She knew a conversation about her personal boundaries was in order, but she didn’t dare have it while standing alone in a parking lot
The drive hohts It would have been nice to drive by her favorite beach spot, but the text froet home before the in-laws made a frazzled ti off her car, her notebook, her briefcase holding her laptop, and the leftovers fro across the street
After a single knock, Mary let herself in as she had for years
So the house with a scent Mary had never experienced in Dakota’s place
"Biscuits are about the easiest thing to cook, JoAnne," Elaine was scolding the other grandmother
"Mine come from a box"
"That’s a shame"
Mary poked her head into the kitchen "Hello"
"Hi, Mary I didn’t hear you knock" JoAnne was one for propriety
"She doesn’t have to knock" Dakota sat perched on the couch, her cast leg elevated on several pillows on the coffee table
Mary did a quick head count She saw the men outside in the backyard A tiny bassinet sat beside the sofa Inside, a sleeping Leo puffed with pink lips She moved beside Dakota and sat next to her "So how is Grace doing today?" She stared at the cast as she spoke
"It feels better now that I can’t move it"
"Blue suits you" The baby blue cast looked like Leo’s blankets
"I thought it worked"
Mary ran her thumb under Dakota’s left eye "You’re exhausted"
"He’s up every two hours needing a boob"
"Then you should try sleeping now"