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I shook ave me a joke for you How do you know if a drummer is at your door?" I didn’t wait for his answer "The knock speeds up and he doesn’t knohen to co

"I think it’s your mum, er, I mean Patti" He handed me the phone

"Hello?" I said We were barely an hour into our trip and she was calling already Not good

"Oh, Anna Thank God!" My heart gave a great pound inside ?"

"I think you should come back home"

"Why?" I held my breath and pressed a hand to my chest

"This was a bad idea Please just turn around" She was starting to ramble in that nervous way of hers I exhaled

"Patti, you scaredis--"

"No! Don’t you tellis fine!" I looked over at Kaidan, as biting his lip I put a palo," Patti said "I’m so sorry I’et ahold of your father and ask for ledto think of a way to calm her I kept my voice moderate and mild

"Please don’t askI need to meet Sister Ruth and my father It’s time I’ll call you every hour, if it’llnow My heart clenched to hear her pain, and my eyes burned

"You’re the best mother ever," I assured her "Please trust h "If anything, and I ht away I don’t care what I have to do to get the ht to the other You hear me?"

"Yes, ma’am"

When that awful conversation was over, I couldn’t look at Kaidan as I passed the phone back to him I crossed h the tinted s, hating the idea that Patti was sitting at hon: welco

"What?" He looked at rined