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"Andrew obviously doesn’t have a future as a doorood lungs though Maybe an announcer?"

"Possibly How can I help you?" the woman asked

Suzanne exhaled heavily and searched for the words She decided to siot her

"My na your brother Will you answer sohtened on the towel According to Suzanne’s records, Elizabeth was a er, the veins in her hands aged her far beyond those years

"Coreenhouse," Elizabeth finally said "The boys never go in there We’ll be able to talk in private"

Once inside the greenhouse, Elizabeth handed Suzanne a trowel and together they planted tiny seedlings in large clay pots

"Investigating my brother?" Elizabeth asked "Do I even want to knohy?"

"He’s up for bishop of the diocese The youngest priest by ten years on the short list"

Elizabeth only snorted a laugh as she stabbed her trowel into the black dirt

"I got an anonymous tip about him," Suzanne continued "The list of names for the priests on the short list His name had an asterisk beside it and a note that said there was possible conflict of interest It’s not ot secrets Maybe dangerous ones"

"My brother has secrets on top of secrets He has secrets he , peeled off a few leaves and set it in a hole in the dirt "Why do you think I would know thee…he told me to ask you if I wanted to know about Father Stearns I thought about talking to Claire She seeet anything from Claire She’s in love with our brother Has been all our life He absolutely hung the moon to her When she pictures God, he looks like our brother"

"That sounds…unhealthy"

"Not unhealthy Just excessive She didn’t groith hi he’s a bad person He’s not He’s almost as worthy of her adoration as she thinks he is"

"But only almost?" Suzanne prompted

Elizabeth exhaled and sat her trowel aside

"Ms Kanter--"

"You can callfor evidence of sexual abuse Yes?"

Suzanne didn’t de that concernsher ain