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And the dam broke Wyatt’s shoulders shook as he tried to daers over his eyes, and Gemma fell to her knees beside hi his back

Without re his hand, Wyatt said, "Can you tell her how sorry I areed but nodded and relayed his ers sliding across her palm "He tried to save me"

"I know, but he feels like he failed you Like you died because of hined with her right "He’s wrong I died because of Mr U"

Finally, I got a name Or an initial that stood for the naht Not that I had any doubt, but verification was always nice

"I thought of his face," she continued "His face ," I told Wyatt "You didn’t fail her And your face makes her happy"

He nodded It was all he could do

"Do you remember what happened?"

But I’d lost her Artemis had arhed and bent to pet her "I like dogs," she said

Artee thrown into a swied and she rolled onto her sto ot

We’d made leaps today Giant leaps Hopefully I could talk to her more, convince her to cross, to be with her faed They had calmed, were less erratic, less frantic But they still stared off into space, their gazes vacant as though lost I didn’t kno to help them And I really wanted to help theot off work Even thinking that felt foreign Reyes working Making a living Surviving in s with Rocket and Blue Only then could I probe Rocket for suggestions on how to help the women in my apartment and for answers about Reyes, why my man’s name was on his wall of dooht struck It happened But I realized I’d solved a case without alh broken glass That shit sucked But I’d done it Things were looking up

I straightened my shoulders and let pride swell for alht popped into ht, I’d quite possibly jinxed myself I’d thrown caution to the wind, damn e vehicle slammed into Misery’s driver-side door – the sound of– ht as darkness crept in was, Honestly, it’s like I don’t know myself at all

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