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"We should?"

"Do you want her living on the street?"

"That’s not what Iher choice"

"I would hope not," Catherine quipped "We both know that choices aren’t her strong suit"

"Then perhaps she needs guidance"

"And I suppose you knoilling teacher?"

"I have work in California next week"

She lifted a brow "Work?"

"Yes, I have subsidiaries on the West Coast that need my attention"

Catherine nodded "I’o now, after these latest pictures, but Claire’s going out of town tomorrow--to Texas"

"Texas? By herself?"

"That’s what Roach said, but of course, he’ll be there, too So we’ll find out exactly what she’s doing"

"And when you’re in California…?" Catherine probed

Tony straightened his shoulders "Do you want me to say it? Do you want to hear it?"

"Anton, I want you to admit it to yourself"

"Fine! I want to put her onher back here, and convince her that this is where she belongs" He sighed "I want her to want to be here, to admit that she’s miserable in California I want…" His words trailed away as he azed at Claire’s expression in picture after picture, Catherine’s voice infiltrated his thoughts "She’s all over the Internet If she suddenly went , it would be noticed"

He ran his hand over his cheeks, rubbing his stubbly growth "I know I know that I can’t do that again She needs to realize it on her own, and I don’t know…" He couldn’t cos rarely ade, but he honestly didn’t know He didn’t knohat to do to ray eyes and knew that she saw through hiether

"She knows you" Catherine’s voice softened "Perhaps better than you know yourself You need to help her understand what she knows"

Tony nodded "What if… if she doesn’t want to know?"

"She does She wants to know s happened the way they did"