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She dangled it in front of the kid’s face “Blow your nose, Jason,” she said

“Hold it close,” Wentworth instructed

But Jason turned his face away

Wentworth placed the cloth next to Jason’s nose “Come on, buddy Blow for Daddy”

The kidsound

“Again,” Wentworth said

After several ainst Kelly’s shoulder with a deep sigh, refusing to look at his father But his breathing sounded better

Kelly couldn’t read the expression on Wentworth’s face as he stared out aWith a start, she realized they wereThe vehicle was so solid, so quiet, or maybe the driver so expert, she hadn’t been aware that they’d entered traffic

“Where do you live?” she asked after a few minutes

“We spent the winter at the family villa on Collins Island”

Kelly didn’t knohat to react to first—the fact that it was currently spring, not winter, or that he had a villa, no less, on a private island accessible only by boat No one could get on or off Collins Island without permission from an oho resided on the Forbes Best or Most Whatever list

Wentworth brushed lint off his trousers “Jason has been receiving therapy from a child psychiatrist associated with Miami Children’s Hospital, so we stayed on this year”

She nodded So the kid had already been screwed up before the kidnapping

“Have you called his doctor?” Kelly asked “To let hi on?”