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“And Brett Have you known hi him ere…well, before”

He nodded again

“Is that a yes or a no?” she asked, but the softness had fled her voice

He glanced up at her, voice gruff “I’ve known Brett ever since I’ve been co up here”

She was picking at her eggs, reen peppers around “But you didn’t knoas sick”

That anger that had been curling in his gut for days exploded and he shoved his plate away “No, Donnie I had no idea the guy was as sick as he is Can we talk about so else?”

Mouth pursed, she ate a bit of her omelet and was quiet for a few moments But this was Donovan and the woer than two ot, it see out in the boat?”

Eyes narrowed, he looked at her sharply She was kidding right? “I’ the kids out on the tube”

“Sounds like fun”

“No,” he said abruptly, anger barely in check He got to his feet “You can co the water riding an inner tube as if it was a goddamn horse No way”

Donovan got to her feet and pushed her near eo tubing”

“Not on nant and she wanted to go tubing? Wasn’t that against sonant woman rule?

Her eyes flashed and da away anytime soon

“Did you not listen to anything I said last night?” she snapped

“What the hell are you talking about?” He grabbed their plates and dumped them into the sink