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“I s,” she said honestly

“You feel the sauess,” Beck said

“You know?” She had beco too far to reach that she really didn’t look at her as a drug addict any addict orked at the hospital and showed up for work day after day without any signs of an addiction

“We’ve known for a while now,” Seth said quietly

“Yeah, well,relative”

“It’s easy to do,” Beck said

“Not really” She scoffed “It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done but she wouldn’t listen to me anyway”

“Enough doo up the deed “What do you say we celebrate?”

“Hoould you like to kick off the celebration?” she asked, working her walk

“Whoa!” Aunt Lisa’s voice filled the barn “Hang loose there, boys I don’t want an eyeful!”

“Aunt Lisa, I thought you were already gone”

“Nope,” she said, squeezing Nathaniel’s hand “I just wanted to pop by and tell you how sorry I am”

“Sorry? For what?”

“For being a self-serving bitch,” she said “It wasn’t until Nathaniel pointed it out that I realized I left this place I left and didn’t come back Then, when you lost it, I didn’t offer to help It wasn’t my problem You’ve always been the one who sacrificed for our family, Lindsey and I’m sorry you’ve had to do that”