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When the lady started up the car, the stereo ca level It was David Souls "Dont Give Up on Us " She i, "Sorry about that "

Tully figured it was as good a song to apologize for as any, so she just shrugged and looked out the

"Irandmother, if I havent said that already "

Tully stared at her weird reflection in theIt was like looking at a negative version of her face, colorless and insubstantial The way she felt inside, actually

"By all accounts she was an exceptional woman "

Tully didnt answer that She couldnt have found much of a voice anyway Ever since the encounter with her mother, shed been dry inside Empty

"Well Here we are "

They parked in front of a well-kept Victorian hon out front read: BAKER AND MONTGOMERY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW

It took Tully a et out of the car By the ti smile

"You dont need to bring your suitcase "

"Id like to, thanks " If there was one thing Tully understood, it was the i

The worass-veined concrete ay to the white front door Inside the overly quaint space, Tully took a seat in the lobby, close to the e-eyed kids lined the ornately papered walls At precisely four oclock, a pudgy et them

"Hello, Tallulah Im Elmer Baker, your Grandmother Harts attorney "

Tully followed him to a small upstairs rooany desk littered with yellow legal pads In the corner, a standing fan buzzed and thu toward the door The social worker took a seat by the

"Here Here Sit down, please," he said, ant desk