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Quickly, I shake er was just a stark res were for you”

He doesn’t have to, but Malik goes out of his way to downplay it He holds up his sandwich, grinning “Which is the reason I don’t want salads for lunch”

“Noted,” I say softly, giving hi with sympathy Instead, I hope it merely conveys he has a friend ants to help him in any way I can

It’s an honor to Jimmy’s memory for me

It represents a victory that Malik made it back while the bastards who killed my husband didn’t win

Since things have gotten a little heavy, I decide it’s tirab s on the back of my chair, when Malik says, “Mind if I ask you a personal question?”

There’s an actual tre to ask about Ji about my husband, whom I still love very much, it’s important to me that Malik has open access to ine Malik is suffering froht need some solidarity

I lock eyes with hi”

Soaze, and a bit of fear that I’ve just opened a doorway for hi many others wouldn’t understand

“How are you doing? I can’t iine what it was like for you after—”

His words cut off abruptly before he can complete his sentence It confirms the loss of lives—Jimmy’s and Sal’s—may have had as h as a prisoner

He’s just starting his recovery I’ve been at it for a few

Hope

“It was really hard at first,” I adrief very well, so they had to put nancy”