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Hailey heard the edge of doubt infect his confident words He looked so isolated, so alone It was so she’d often seen on Paul’s face The fact that the buck stopped at him, that he alone was responsible, that there was no one else to lean on She reached forward and gave his knee a pat ‘Well, for what it’s worth, I think you did You’re well liked at the hospital and Tom seems to love it here’

The urge to cover her hand with his was strong but she moved it away before it could happen Her words did help ‘Yes, he loves his new hoe part to his afternoon visits to Hailey’s

Tohter things as the Ferris wheel inched closer to the ground until it was their tiet off

Calluet this,’ he said, pulling his mobile phone out of his pocket

Hailey took To when Calluo to the General There’s a baby they need me to see’

‘Oh, Daddy, I don’t want to go yet I still haven’t had a go on the o-round’

‘Too’

‘Can’t you go and I stay?’

‘You can’t stay here by yourself, Tom’

‘I’ his hand into Hailey’s ‘I’m with Hailey’

Hailey looked at To eyes, and felt herselfwill you be, do you think?’ She’d promised to help clean up afterwards Not to et involved with the Craigher door to Tom

Callum looked at their joined hands and felt as if he’d been punched in the solar plexus It looked so right He shouldn’t encourage this He looked at her sheepishly ‘Hopefully only an hour at most’ After today he really must start to curtail Tom’s time with Hailey

Hailey capitulated with a light sigh ‘OK, then’