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I nodded “He gavewith his ID…his son died a while back when he was aboutenough for ured out the social security nulanced at Ronan “His son’s name was Allen”

Ronan nodded since he knew Allen was the naet the job at Ronan’s hospital as a transporter

I paused in my story when Lucy entered the room, followed by Phoenix She looked terrified and I immediately opened ainst ’s okay, Lucy Ronan just has a couple of questions for you”

She nodded against rabbed a couple of tissues froh so I could see her face I clasped the sides of her face with my hands and said, “We’re safe, Lucy I promise”

Another nod and then she iping at her eyes She leaned against me as she faced Ronan and Cain Her body was rife with tension and fear, but she held her ground

“Lucy, when you were using the library in Arizona, did you ever use the computer?”

She began shaking her head, but stopped suddenly “Um yeah, once,” she murmured She shifted to look at avethe co their card,” she said quickly

I nodded reassuringly

“What did you do on the computer?” Ronan asked

“I…I read some news stories about what happened to my mom I looked at some of my friends’ profiles on Facebook”

“Did you interact with them?” Cain asked

She shook her head “No, I didn’t log into my account I just checked their ti Ethan kidnapped me,” she said softly “It…it wasn’t true so I created a new email account with a fake name and emailed my friend, Jackie, and told her to tell people I’d told her I was running away…I thought it ht confuse the police,” she said as she looked at me hopefully “Eric didn’t know Jackie – she was an online friend I swear, Ethan, she wouldn’t have told him I talked to her”