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“No ” The last thing she wanted was to tell hiot it covered I left Jenny’s suit in the conference room Tell her thanks for me ”

“You can tell her yourself Coht?”

“Okay, but there’s so I have to do later ”

“Do you need help?”

“No I need to do it alone ”

Jude sat on the sofa in Zach’s quiet living roohts, so the lavender evening crept through the s A fire danced orange in the black hearth, and for once she felt war fro on the Wii Grace was like a light that had suddenly been switched on; she talked nonstop, and she hadn’t told a lie all afternoon Jude had no doubt that the last few hours with her granddaughter would become one of the anchor memories of this new part of their family’s life The start of After

But even as she’d joined in, Jude had felt a rising sense of urgency There was ht

Finally, at about seven, the front door opened and Zach walked in, with his heavy backpack hanging off one shoulder

“You’re late,” Jude said, rising to her feet

“The last test was a bitch,” he said, tossing his backpack He looked utterly exhausted “I think I blew it ”

“You have a lot on your mind ”

“You think?”

“I tried calling you ”

“My phone died Sorry ”

She got up fro at his on her ; she felt like a glacier that had begun slowly to ain