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Sean ca to catch him Sean shouted, "Papa, I bet Martyto win the Super Bowl!"

There were so?" To which his boy grinned and waved wildly at all the faces displayed on MAX’s nments, Mr Maitland ended the conference call and everyone went to catch the rest of the play-off game Savich shut MAX down Sherlock went to the kitchen to make Sean hot chocolate Savich and Sean walked to the frontand looked out at the deserted street blanketed deep with snow Savich could barely h a veil of soft fluid white snoith no end in sight for the h thatIt would have to be Sherlock’s stalwart Volvo to e He said to his son, "Hey, kiddo, you’re going to hang out with your Aunt Lilly and Uncle Simon tomorrohile yourto have a baby," Sean said, and he didn’t sound very happy about it, because Lilly’s and Simon’s attention wouldn’t be focused on their one and only precious nephew

"These things happen, Sean," Savich said, and he lifted Sean in his arot to suck it up"

"Marty’sto have a little brother in March, and I should want a sister so I’d be balanced out like her I told her I didn’t want to be balanced I told her I like being the only kid here"

Now, that, Savich thought, was so to think about

Henderson County Hospital

Early Saturday evening

"I got here as soon as I could," Sheriff Dix Noble said, shaking off his leather coat as he ca much better than the last time I saw you" He studied her face for a moment "I’m Sheriff Noble"

She s dark eyes "Everyone in town knoho you are, Sheriff Noble I met your wife, Ruth, today as well You’re kind of local heroes"

Dix waved that off "Griffin said you remembered what you saw in your bathtub?"

"Yes, it was a deadhard hit my head"

"Did you see who hit you?"