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Violet had forced Sara to break that pro anyone else what she was doing

"I’m sorry," she repeated numbly

Sara’s curt nod told Violet there wouldn’t be any ? Do you still have the CDs Doctor Lee gave you?"

Violet nodded She knew she’d need to listen to theirl’s death--her unsettledness--weighing on her Pulling her down andto ain, so you can talk about what happened tonight Does toain, Violet nodded "Sure I can make it tomorrow" Not that she really had a choice She’d broken the rules, after all Besides, Dr Lee could help He’d been teaching her how to cope with finding the dead

With so to her until the body was buried or cre blanketed Violet, deadening her to everything else Normal function could be difficult, even impossible

But Dr Lee offered Violet techniques to help her stay focused, to re exercises and had given her ine" herself staying in control while the dead tried to keep her with theirl, Violet felt moresecure than she would have before Clearer

Sara nodded, accepting Violet’s response, then turned to Rafe again "Why don’t you walk Violet to her car?"

Violet started to protest, but then thought better of it Wasn’t that what Sara had just talked about, about being a tea out for one another? This probably wasn’t a good ti to join the buzz of activity that surrounded the crime scene "Sorry about that," she ettingher froingly

She thought about telling hied herthe echo, because it had led her to the girl Who kne ed as they reached her car "For getting you in trouble" Violet unlocked the door and got inside, but Rafe grabbed the top of the door before she could close it

He looked at her, his eyes finding their way inside of her, his intense gaze ht I’ll see you later," he finally said right before he slammed her car door shut

The house was dark by the tiot there Peaceful She was careful not to make any noise as she crept up the stairs to her bedroo the her farher to corades didn’t suffer And as long as she pro with Sara now, and even though they didn’t entirely understand what it was that she did, they knew enough to be concerned But they’d also been reassured by Sara that Violet’s safety would always come first, that Sara’s priority was to keep her tea if not cautious, and she’d spent the past several weeks trying to instill in Violet the i the rules