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She gave him a small sainst his chest "I don’t know, Ramsey Will Mama be happy?"

"I can make her delirious, just ask her"

Emma raised her head and stared at her mother "Mama, do you think we can keep Raht, s off Ramsey’s lap She nodded "Yes, I think we can keep hi We’re not as strong as he is, so we’ll be thinking more We’ll be the brains of the operation Yes, we’ll keep him safe"

Emma nodded slowly "Who shot Grandfather?"

"We don’t know yet," Molly said "But he’s alive, E care of him at the hospital"

"Look at the ti or we’ll miss your appointment with Dr Loo"

"I hope we can avoid theher voice as she looked down at Ee to lose the press, and in Dr Eleanor Loo’s office thirty oing to get married What do you think?"

"I think," Eleanor Loo said, fascinated, "that I need to have ne You, Eht?"

"I’d rather have a Dr Pepper, Dr Loo"

"That’s great" Dr Loo got on her phone for a moment, then turned back "In half an hour, we’ll have a toast Congratulations to both of you Now, Emet killed like my daddy"

’That’s true," Dr Loo said slowly "But you see, E can happen to anybody in the world at any tiically I’ll never forget the shock of it, the realization that none of us has any guarantees on anything Life is one day at a tiot to discover the knack for doing that Do you understand?"

"That was different," Emma said "Bad people are after us It isn’t just bad luck"

"You understand all too well," Dr Loo said "Okay, let’s look at it this way Raive you a home They want the three of you to be a family They love you and want you to know that they’ll always be there for you"

E nothing, just studying him Then she looked at her mother Then, she turned back to Dr Loo, and sood papa He already loves me bunches"

"He does, does he?"

"Yes He went crazy in San Francisco when that bad ain"