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“It’ll be all right” I wanted to sound reassuring, but I just sounded tired and sad

“I hope so Things haven’t been all right in a long time”

Hearing that twisted ed her closer “I’m so sorry for that”

She sighed and jabbed er and roughhoused with one another

“You’ve always done whatever you could to make it all see to keep up the façade, then the cracks show It’s not your fault”

“No, but I’ up on us”

Her any eyes flashed at me “I know you won’t”

I guided her out of the waiting area to the front doors of the facility It looked less like a hospital and more like a nice spa that middle-class ladies would spend an afternoon at When we hit the parking lot I put aze i black truck that was parked a few spaces over from my BMW

“Why is that guy following you around again?”

Sheat the brute in the driver’s seat and I didn’t like the way he flashed his teeth at her like a hungry wolf She had askedman and his massive truck always seemed to be around ent anywhere, and pat anseren’t cutting it anymore, so I told her the truth

“Because Race is worried about h my old computer and then tried to hurt me after work Race knows some pretty scary people, Booker is apparently one of theuard will keep my stalker at bay”

The news about my computer had literally made me break down I cried for an hour and then yelled at Race when he asked me who could’ve possibly downloaded the spyware onto it If I knew the answer to that I wouldn’t be in thisup on hiuilty for taking outto help ize, he had sent me a text with Booker’s picture attached and toldto follow me everywhere whether I liked it or not Then Race texted that if I ever hung up on hiain, he would be at my door within ten minutes and I wouldn’t love the results It irkedfrom, so I just said I was sorry and told him I couldn’t wait until he did show up at my door

Of course, Karsen, with her romantic and unfettered mind, focused on the part of my statement that was the least important