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"Soht after Earl Walker tortured you"

I cringed at the thought of that night It was not my favorite

"You went into a deep sleep and healed your wounds alht"

I scoffed "It didn’t feel very instant"

"Dutch, how et up and around the very next day?"

"Oh, well, ht But it still hurt like the John Dickens"

"John?"

"I went to school with hiive ain "I could sever his spine"

"It’s all right," I said with a soft laugh "Last I heard, he was selling insurance out of his Buick He’s paying for his impertinence tenfold But, so, are you stillyou’ll be mad atyour e we discussed?"

"I don’t knoas just going to Rocket’s and – I just – I don’t want you to think I’ you have to protect 24/7 I want to be able to take care of myself I want you to know that I can take care of myself"

"You can I know that you can better than anyone And you’ll get better at it as you co withabout?"

"It’s like you can’t get away fro to do with it"

"Right"

"I wasto that wo moment, he said, "I can’t feel you I have no idea if you’re lying"

But I could feel hiuilt washed overit

I brushed a lock of his hair over his brow and said simply, "Aperite" And with that word, I laid bare ence of s