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“Ohthe same—"

“Keep ” Zach circled his arm around her shoulders “It’s not our business, babe”

After a good fifteen , Toni turned to hih pitch to her voice let hi

They’d—well he and Louie had—looked in every ramshackle shelter and under every blanket they came across to no avail Lindsey wasn’t there

“What if so happened to her?” A cloud of white drifted from her mouth each time she spoke “What if she’s hurt somewhere? Zach, I never should have let her leave” Her cold hand gripped his with a crushing force

Shit, he hadn’t realized she didn’t wear her gloves

“Shh, babe, breathe” Rubbing her hands between his as he guided her back to the warmth of their car, Zach said “We don’t even know for sure she was staying here She may have a home, Toni”

Her shoulders sagged, and Zach wanted to take Louie, run back under the bridge, and wail on sohed up inforh not a single person there even kneho the girl was That place didn’t exist for socializing It was a place to hunker down during the long, frigid nights and nothing more

When they reached the truck, Toni turned and slaht her with an arm around her back as his senses went on ier The harsh sob that tore frouard Nothing had hurt or scared her At least nothing out there with theht This was her internal distress

“Shh, babe, she’ll be okay She’s coht?”

Toni nodded against his chest

“Okay, then we’ll talk to her to and what help she needs We’ll make sure she knows she’s welcome to stay with us even if she has a home Because it sure doesn’t sound like the fuckers she lives with take care of her”

“We?” Toni asked, but the as muffled by his shirt

He gripped her upper are to shake her “Of fucking course, we Shit, babe, don’t you know by now that we’re a team?”