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“I have to ade you with it there and then We had to get Riley to the doctor”

“And then I made you drive,” she commented

“Yeah”

For an instant, that old shiver of apprehension rippled up his spine but he ignored it He’d conquered that deht never have driven again After the accident, his license had been suspended for six otiated a period of probation for hience He’d never wanted to get behind the wheel again, ever He’d wanted to continue to punish himself forever, if that hat it took to relieve the pain of what he’d done And then he’d found Riley Another hu who needed hi It had changed everything

Sa “While you were in with Riley I got another call froator One that told me about your life before you came to the lake”

She paled visibly “I guessed asher arms about her middle as if she could protect herself from as to come “I didn’t exactly lead an exemplary life”

“You didn’t exactly have the care and protection a child should have in their hoo, did you?”

“Lots of people leave ho into the trouble I did”

Sam felt the love in his heart swell even more when she didn’t allow herself any excuses, but wasn’t that part of the probleive Riley up altogether?

“Can you tell me a bit about it?”

“What? My happy ho on the streets? To be honest with you, oblivion was better than either of them You know it all anyhy do you need to hear it from me?”