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“Jesse What you said about how the truth can change things…”

His eyes grew dark She could see hio of her hands

“It’s all right I understand You don’t have to ex—”

“Da you just told rabbed his hands, held on tight “It’s the truth about ” She drew a deep breath, expelled it, then looked directly into his eyes “I’m not a thief I’m not some leftover sixties flower child”

“I know that, baby Besides, I told you, whatever, whoever you are—”

“I’ the words because if she didn’t, she knew she’d lose courage “I live in Brooklyn, go to school in New York City I’y at Colu “And two days ago, when I first set foot in Blackwolf Canyon…”

Oh, God! She couldn’t do this but she had to, it was time, it was past time…

“Sweetheart?”

Sienna wound her fingers tightly through his

“Two days ago, e o, Jesse, the year wasn’t 1975 Not for me For me, it was—it was the year 2010”

CHAPTER TWELVE

SHE’D stunned him

No surprise there

How else could she expect him to react when she’d pretty much said, I’m not a thief, not a late-model hippie, what I am is a woman from the future

Maybe a better description was that Jesse looked like afor the punch line to a bad joke

“The year 2010,” she said “That’s thirty-five years from now Well, thirty-five years, fourteen hours and—and—” She looked at the face of the small clock on the wall “And I’ure in the time difference between here and Mont—”

“We need to get you to a doctor”

“No!”

“Yeah We do” Jesse’s voice was rough, filled with urgency “Which is better? To see someone here or in Montana? Montana I know people there—but this is a big city Lots of hospitals and doctors and—”