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"Did you call Jessie, tell her to come home?"

"She accidentally left her phone in her other purse I called it and it rang in her bedroom"

Jack walked into his bedrooer "You want me to come over, stay with Danny so you can drive your friend?"

"God, would you, Jack? I know it’s sudden, but Jessie doesn’t useher family I didn’t knoho else to call I know she trusts you, Danny knows you"

"I’ll be there in tenup his phone and shoved into his jacket as he walked out the door

The ride to Jessie’s apartment was short, and Jack didn’t take it slow

Monica oes to bed at nine, falls asleep on the couch hts before then"

Danny jumped up from the couch, ran over to Jack, and pulled hi "I knew you’d come I told Auntie Monica to call you"

"You can always call lanced at Monica’s friend whom he’d never seen before "I hope your mom’s OK"

The girl held back tears "Thanks"

"Thanks again, Jack I owe you" Then they were gone

"Monica’s friend was really sad They said her mom was hurt in a car crash"

Jack walked with Danny over to the couch, where they both sat The television was on and a cartoon played on the screen "She’s probably just fine, partner Nothing for you to worry about"

"My uard

Good, he thought Shehim her address

Danny’s eyes narrowed Jack realized that Danny’s concern for hisprompted the co to assure the boy

"Our car is always breaking soht of Jessie out there without her cell phone bugged the crap out of him, too What if she broke down on one of the back roads? After ten, Ontario had plenty of stretched-out, deserted, dark roads It was only eight fifteen

"What tio I think"

Great, Jack had to depend on Danny’sdinner

With him Brad! Probably short for Bradley What a wussy naeBob He’s funny That’s Patrick and Sandy…" Danny pointed out the key characters and Jack listened He’d heard of the show, but couldn’t say he’d ever sat and watched an episode He found hi at the jokes and soht thirty, Jack suggested Danny juet before going to bed