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“I stopped waiting for Moo This is my life, Carter My home It’s yours, too”

“No, Savannah, it’s not It never was It’s where I was left”

Savannah sucked in a terrible breath, her vision swier A lifetile—” She stopped and went back to sandwich building

“Savannah?”

“Forget it,” she said and shook her head She was not going to talk about this Not going to enumerate every time that front door had shut behind someone she loved Her oing Just thinking about it made her whole body hurt

“The world is not going to hurt you, Savvy”

Savannah laughed, bitter sadnesson here that could hurt me,” she said and Matt’s face was forefront in her mind The sweat and the sh she’d been dipped in so sweet That would all turn to pain when he left

“What’s this about break-ins?” Carter asked

She told hi out the part about Matt on the suentle at a distance, but a hassle under the same roof

“And the police think it’s teenagers?” he asked, pulling his red silk tie free from his collar

Savannah nodded

“Is that what you think?” Carter asked

“Yes…” She sighed “Maybe There’s also this situation with soems I don’t think it’s—”

“How do you know about that?” Carter asked, his focus sharp as a knife “How do you know about that?” she countered, stunned that Carter, who seeems

“I knoas so Mom was messed up in a while back,” Carter answered

“Did she steal theinal thief?”

“Maybe” Carter shrugged “Who knows”

“Well, shouldn’t we find out?”