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I have no idea how long we continued to stare at each other, searching for , before he stood up and moved away from me He felt for his phone in his pocket and spoke tofor the door
"I need to clear my head Patti called while you were in the convent and I told her about Sister Ruth Call her on the rooe" The door shut behind hiave me a weapon I didn’t knohat to do with a sword! Was I expected to kill demons? If only I’d come to LA sooner so I could speak with her
I called Patti with the intention of telling her everything about the visit with my father and what Sister Ruth left me, and then I remembered how careful the nun had been with the information She would tell ive her every detail when I got home The phone felt unsafe
"You sound exhausted, honey," Patti said when I was finished "Why don’t you go get some rest We can talkup As I cliht be calling, not that it was any of ht about trying to listen for him, but if he wanted privacy he would be more than a mile away by now Kaidan didn’t come back to the room until after I’d been in bed awhile, half in and half out of sleep
I tossed and turned all night, even crying out and waking myself once with a dreaht in his own bed I never did hear his deep-sleep breathing
CHAPTER NINETEEN
UNACCOMPANIED MINOR
Ibuzz I sat straight up It was four thirty in the et an early start," he said, sounding wide-awake and just as forlorn as last night
"Oh Uh, m’kay"
It was still dark out as we sped down the interstate Despite a hot shower, I was still sleepy The city was cal There were hardly any cars on the road We passed a sign for LAX, which bothered me, because we hadn’t passed the airport on our way into the city
"Where are we going?" I asked
He cleared his throat and said without kindness, "You’re going hoed," he said "Patti will be waiting for you when your flight arrives in Atlanta"
There it was again--rejection punching me in the stomach