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"No, thank you, ma’am" Kaidan sat in theroo to ht
We went into Patti’s room, and before the door had a chance to close, ive me I feel awful inside I’ve never been dishonest with you before, and I’ht now I mean, I just I knew he could answer my questions, and I kneouldn’t hurt me But I didn’t kno to uardian angel, feeling guilty enough as it was I wanted to tell Patti she’d been right I should never have sought him out The information I’d learned only er But I couldn’t tell her that Ever She would flip out
Patti’s aura shuffled back and forth between pastel pink love and light gray nervousness, landing last on pink My tears spilled over and Patti pulledto soak in every ounce of love and softness she offered
"I know this is hard on you, Anna, but you can’t lose your head You can’t lose who you are in here" She pulled back and tapped a finger over my heart "Because that’s what’s important"
I dabbed my eyes with the sleeve of Kaidan’s shirt
"I don’t want you to worry about thehappens for a reason, right? Just fix your car We’ll make the trip as soon as we can"
She nodded and paused, thinking
"Part of the reason I’ht now is because when they shuttledI did was look up the nu, and I hate to say it, but I was right Sister Ruth keeps slipping in and out of consciousness For goodness’ sake, the woman has to be nearly a hundred and twenty years old by now!"
Her eyes locked with et you there soon I’ll contact every paper andfor extra work If it’s not this summer, then you may have to et more hours at the ice-creaet there in time"
And if we didn’t? What would happen if Sister Ruth took the infor so, "we could contact id for a second "We’ll find a way" She leaned her head to me and whispered, "Do you trust this boy?"
"I trust that he’s probably listening to this conversation right now"
"Surely he’s capable of being a gentle," she said with false sweetness I knew she was saying it to hiainst a uilt trip
"I still don’t know hiut and ut and heart are very accurate He’s awfully good-looking, though That can soed "He’s good-looking, I guess I know I have to be careful"