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“One night I slipped out then came back to bed to pass out, Hammer, Jonas, and Killyama carried me out of my home and checked me into a rehab center When I tried to leave, she told s or her She toldto choose drugs over her, too I’ve been clean ever since”

“Can I ask you a question?” Train handed her a tissue from the desk

She shakily wiped her tears away “There isn’t much I haven’t told you”

“Why does shefroive them to me herself?”

Peyton’s tear-filled eyes irl and Timothy came by, she would draw hirew older, she would save hera present, she had bought hi on the table in the kitchen when he left Usually, I would hide the gifts so she wouldn’t get her feelings hurt, but I didn’t see it sitting there ent outside to say good-bye He was getting in the car when she saasn’t wearing it, so she said she would go get it for hi out the door”

Peyton flipped the scrapbook closed before carrying it back to the closet Then she opened the second closet Taking out a sly packed Killya the lid on, she handed it to him

“Reave me you word not to tell anyone”

“Her father is dead; ould it make a difference if anyone found out now? She made sure no one can discover who he is”

“Rae doesn’t want his other children to be hurt because of Timothy’s past”

Train shook his head in disgust “That’s why he didn’t want her to go into the military He was afraid she would run into her brother and sister”

“Yes” Peyton paused, then told Train, “If Rae took the key, she had a good reason I don’t knohat it was, but if she kneould cost her you, she would never have done it unless it was i she isn’t sneaky—the Lord knows that’s why I gave her that silly nickna is that the woman on that sculpture wouldn’t want you hurt”

“I agree That’s the one thing I do kno, thanks to you I can wait until she’s ready to tell ive you a ride back to your trailer?”

Peyton shook her head “No I think I’ back and forth between the two”