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God, she was in love with hiainsthad she felt this way? He said they had been together three years ago, but it one on She couldn’t have felt this ithout seeing hi His story The truth The child not being his This was not a wo her heart She had options She was choosing this one

The boy pushed on his mother until she looked down He passed her the lollipop and dug through his pockets

"¿Que necessitas, Manuelito?" she asked

We all watched him as he clumsily shoved his hands into the fat pockets, finally extracting a s it up to Gavin

The expression on Gavin’s face changed into so I wasn’t sure I’d ever seen Surprise and amusement and disbelief and a very tender sort of pride

"You ree into Gavin’s hand "Yellow! You like!"

Gavin’s jaw clenched in a way I was used to seeing only when he was angry, and I realized he was holding in another sort of ee He was in love with this boy, it was so plain And here this woman looked fro was clicking into perfect place

I did not get up I did not make a scene I did not cry And outwardly, I just heldanother drarief And I prepared ain

27: Gavin

Even if Rosa had put the boy up to it, I knew this ed , of what it was like to be a father

No matter what happened with the test, I would have to help them For all I knew, Rosa would be out on the streets after taking her son back The i her was still very much on my mind Tijuana was not kind to its poor

Rosa seeured it hat Mario had said -- she had some sort of attachment to me I would have to deal with That didn’t matter I had Corabelle and that was that But I could help them I had to do that much

I turned to Corabelle, who looked even et her back to the roo to take her up You still have to do your swab"

She shook Corabelle’s aret you back up" Corabelle just sort of obeyed, not really looking at anyone directly

I didn’t want to leave her, but Tina squeezed by h, I pulled her to ht there," I said "I proo Soht with her, but I’d be there in just a minute, away fro couldn’t have been easy for her

Rosa looked at me uncertainly "Gavin? We come here tomorrow? For answer?"