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Not without the risk of losing her

He listens quietly, not a single tic on his face that anything I’ Face passive, he stares at nores his beer

“I had intended to tell her in Vegas, but then I got called up for a mission in Coloht before I had to leave for a week Then I was going to tell her this afternoon when I got back We had just taken our seats in the living roo to tell her—when the damn door flew open Those men burst in, and she was taken”

Mr Dolan finally shakes his head “I’ve got to tell you, Cage That’s about the dumbest story I’ve ever heard inI’ll never understand you kids”

“I agree Duive me?”

“You have a lot of work to get there,” he says sagely “And honestly, I don’t know It doesn’t help this ca on her”

“Don’t I know it,” I reply glu to the floor

“But,” he drawls, and my head snaps up, ready to take any bit of hope he can offer “I iuy, and it seeht place now I certainly don’t think you have anything to lose by fighting for her”

That’s absolutely true

And I have everything to lose if I can’t get through to herCHAPTER 24Jaih to the living roo a conversation aboutcovert about it

“She’s been lying on that couch all day, just staring at the ceiling,” my mom whispers, maternal worry thick in her voice

“She watched soame,” Brian points out in a low murmur “So, she’s not exactly catatonic”

“And she did brush her hair” Laney would be the one to notice so like that