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“Six days ago,” Silver said

The baby was still fussing, so he looked at et her bottle ready?”

I was frozen in place and couldn’t force myself to reach for her Thankfully, Caleb stepped in and took her froanaround the small apartment Caleb followed Silver to the kitchen and spoke softly to the baby as Silver got the bottle ready

I was di, but I tuned them out My limbs felt heavy anddown

Maggie’s dead

I lost all sense of everything until Caleb asked, “Jace, do you want to hold her?” I hadn’t even noticed him appear at h , but I couldn’t stop thinking that ie would have been alive if the baby had never existed

“Here,” Silver said as he ca over his shoulder and he had a small stuffed panda in his hand “This one’s her favorite”

Understanding dawned

We were taking the baby with us

Because that hat Maggie had wanted

Maggie is dead

God, why the fuck couldn’t I think clearly?

Before I could say anything, there was the faint screech of tires outside Silver froze in place for a split second as his gaze swung to theThen he was pushing past us I followed hi in the ut clench as ot out of the vehicles They were dressed in dark clothes and i weapons, but I saw the outline of un underneath their suit jackets