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“That must be pretty incredible”

He smiled “It was special to watch what they shared”

Again she paused “Can I ask you so personal?”

“Always”

“What do you do for her?”

“Do for her?”

“Atfor you, and she didn’t make me pay for the visit, so I wondered why There has to be more to it than Charles was your“Or it seemed like more”

His initial reaction was not to tell her, considering he hadn’t talked about it since Charles’s death, but he’d demanded the truth froht hard and lived for twenty nosis, yet in the end, it took him Before he died, he asked me to take care of Mary”

“Do you not want to talk about this?” Presley whispered “We don’t have to”

He hadn’t realized that he sounded any different, though his voice mu

st’ve been drenched with grief “It’s all right, doll” He sighed, sed the emotion “That time in my life was hard, but let me answer you”

She stayed silent and he continued, “When Charles first got sick, I was only a few years out of college, and as I told you, I worked beneath him at the casino His medical bills drained the family financially, since some of the unconventional treatments weren’t covered by his insurance Before Charles died, he asked me to make sure Mary and their children were always looked after At that tiive her ed, and I do continue to help her”

In her sweet voice that sounded so restrained with questions, she said, “That’s really nice of you”

He frowned, shaking his head “Doll, ask what you want to know”

“How ine that her head was in her hands, with her cheeks flushed bright red “Oh my God, you don’t have to answer that I can’t believe I asked”