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"Of course I would be helpless But that’s not what you want"

Caine spotted a boulder, not far away I He raised one hand, pal sound the boulder lifted into the air

"Sometimes I hate you!" he yelled and with a flick of his wrist sent the boulder flying off the cliff and falling toward the water below

"Just sometimes?" Diana raised one skeptical brow "I hate you allared at each other with a look that was hate but also so so ed people," Diana said, suddenly sad and serious "Horrible, e I want us both to change"

"Change? To what?" Caine asked,Napoleon"

She was her usual sain as she looked hih that he actually felt ee to cover hiht now," she said "You’re in no condition to think clearly"

And she turned and walked back toward the house Caine threw e boulders into the sea It didn’t help

Sa Lana and Astrid enter the house he had shared with Astrid Lana was carrying a water jug Patrick stopped and stared in Sairls didn’t notice him and Patrick quickly lost interest

He had co out of town Astrid would keep the secret And he wanted at least one person other than Albert to knohere he was and what he was doing

Anyway, that hat he told hi that he still, even now, even after everything that had happened, and everything that hadn’t happened, couldn’t just walk away fro an ad She had to know that he was stillwhatever he was He kicked at a cru down the trash-strewn street

Why was Lana going over to see Astrid? Little Petewell But how could anyone tell what Little Pete was feeling?

Sam frowned He didn’t want to have so dark He would be leaving soon Dekka, Taylor, and Jack would be hway Each was supposed to keep the whole thing secret

In reality, of course, Jack would tell Brianna Taylor would keep it quiet only because she didn’t knoas going on, and by the time she did they’d be out of town Dekka would tell no one And Sam? He would tell Astrid

Sae and wrong he opened the door to what had until very recently been his own home and went inside

Astrid and Lana were upstairs; he could hear the murmur of voices

He took the stairs two at a time and called out, "Astrid, it’s me"

They were in Little Pete’s room Astrid and Lana stood a few feet apart with their backs to Sam