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"Do they know about me?"

"Not yet, but when I tell them, they’ll want to meet you"

"Sweet"

Liz et some lemonade We have freshly baked cookies, too"

"We ot ho the way "They’re still in school until Friday Melissa and Abby" He wrinkled his nose "They’re okay, you know, for girls"

"Words that arm their hearts," Liz irls were upstairs, out of earshot, thank goodness

Tyler launched into a detailed description of his last few days of school, his friends in San Francisco and what movies he wanted to see that summer

"Action Boy looks so cool," hemiddle school, like ets super powers"

"Super poould be a lot of fun," Ethan told him

"That one starts in three weeks Moo to the early show, except this one tihed "I was still a kid, so I fell asleep Mom didn’t mind and took me back the next day so I could see what Ieasier with every passingEthan watched as well as listened, recognizing a few Hendrix family traits in his son

The subjects themselves were conventional School, sports, friends, his fa as Tyler’s only faoodwhen she needed to be And Tyler had thrived

He supposed that some part of him should be pleased, but all he felt was deep resentment for what he’d lost No, he reminded himself Not lost What had been stolen froa through a ainst the door fraether," she said A faint smile pulled at the corners of her mouth "Afraid you’ll ht While the sexual side of him could appreciate the shape of her face, the appeal of her body, the rest of him wasn’t so easily swayed

"I want azine and rose "I wasn’t trying to keep hian then shook her head "Never ugest?"

"We have atoaht, irritated He wanted to fight with her, argue He had too y and nowhere to put it Apparently she could also read his uy," she elaborated softly "I wish you’d at least try to see that"

"You kept ht What Tyler and I have lost can never be recovered"