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She took adelicately "It’s possible The police seee Whether it was premeditated, I have no idea" Her voice was distinct, low, and intense
"Fro nineher comments to the crease "I don’t knoe survived it He’sslightly to herself, and then looked up at me with an unexpected shyness "I know ail mothers must talk like this, but he was special He really was Even froeous Such a beautiful little boy, easygoing and affectionate, funny He was ht of the accident, the police came to the house They weren’t able to notify us until four in thebecause the car wasn’t discovered for a while and then it took hours to get the two boys up the side of the mountain Rick died instantly, of course"
She broke off and I thought at first she’d lost her train of thought "Anyway The doorbell rang Derek went down, and when he didn’t corabbed a robe and went down ht they’d cohborhood or an accident on the road out front Derek turned around and he had this awful look on his face He said, ’Glen, it’s Bobby’ I thought my heart had stopped"
She looked up at ers together, ainst her lips "I thought he was dead I thought they’d come to tell me he’d died I felt a spurt of ice, like I’d been stabbed It started in h my body ’til my teeth chattered He was at St Terry’s by then All we knew at that point was he was still alive, but barely When we got to the hospital, the doctor didn’t give us any hope at all None They told us there were extensive injuries Brain dae and so many broken bones They said he’d never recover, that he’d be a vegetable if he survived I was dying I died because Bobby was dying and it went on for days I never left his side I was crazy, screaaze flattened and she lifted an index finger, like a teacher ants to make a point very clear "I’ll tell you what I learned," she said carefully "I understood I couldn’t buy Bobby’s life Money can’t buy life, but it can buy anything else you want I’d never used money that hich seems odd to me now My parents had money My parents’ parents had money I’ve always understood the power of money, but I’d never wielded it with quite such effect He had the best of everything The best! Nothing was spared
And he pulled out of it Having endured so much, I’d hate to think someone did it deliberately To all intents and purposes, Bobby’s life is ruined He’ll be all right and we’ll find a way for him to live productively, but only because we’re in a position to make that happen The losses are incalculable It’s miraculous he’s coht try to kill him?" i She shook her head
"You said Bobby has his own money Who benefits if he dies?"
"You’d have to ask him that He has a will, I’ his money to various charities… unless of course, he itiht be the ed "I tend to look at that first, especially in a situation like this when it sounds like there’s a lot"
"What else could it be? What could anyone have against hiets into a rage over soet jealous or want to defend theined attack Or they’ve done so and they kill to cover it up Sometimes it doesn’t even make that e that night and the driver followed hio nuts in cars I take it he wasn’t in the middle of a hassle with anyone?"
"Not that I are of"
"Nobodywith someone at the time, but it was a fairly casual relationship from what I could tell Once this happened, we didn’t see ed You don’t co a penalty Violent death is like a e you sustain… if you survive at all Bobby’s had to pull hirave, step by step He’s different now He’s looked into the monsters face You can see the claw marks on his body everywhere"