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Eli put his arm around her shoulder and pulled her to his side as her mother turned and walked away

Her father looked between them aardly before he squeezed Kay’s ar It wasn’t his fault that she and her"I’m sorry too, Daddy Go ahead and follow her You’ll never hear the end of it otherwise"

Eli rubbed her aro "She’ll come around You’ve never stood up to her before I think she’ll need a little recovery time before she learns to deal with it But I’ her She hated to think of having a rift with her mother, but she’d finally learned that others could only treat her the way she allowed theh so much lately She was proud of how far she’d co put-downs anyet out of here?"

Eli looked back at the cluster of agents behind theh of this scene to last a lifetime"

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

OVER THE NEXT feeeks, Elliott learned the truediscussion with Kaylee about it, he’d decided to tell them the truth Family was about people who accepted you, warts and all He’d been afraid of their reaction to his failings, but in the end, they’d rallied around hiotten a recommendation from her friend Danny for an attorney who specialized in crient Harris had counted on Eli not being aware of all his rights Since he’d never been for over the details of his case carefully to see what obligations he had, if any, to continue being involved in the FBI’s case

Now that it was all over and he had some distance from the situation, he realized he was happy to help out However, if he did, it would be because he wanted to, not because of a threat hanging over his head His lawyer thought he had reason to be optihter than he had in years

"Do you want another biscuit, Eli?"

He looked up to see his rowled and he grabbed another one off the plate His mother had insisted he stay at their house when heabsent, she wasn’t ready to let hiht yet

"Thanks, Mom You don’t have to cook all this food every day"

She beah chances to feed you lately I’ that only Nicholas absorbedlessons The rest of you are a fire hazard in the kitchen Although now that you have Kay, I know you won’t starve She’ll take good care of you"