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She bit her lip and tried to shout one more time, but it was no use Her vocal chords were done for

And just when she thought help had passed her by, the boat turned and headed for her She was so beside herself that when it pulled up alongside the dock, at first she couldn’t answer any of their questions

Are you okay?

Who are you?

Do you need help?

“Maybe we need to take her to the hospital,” one of them said

It was enough to snap her out of her funk No hospital She just needed to be with Jack

“No,” she shook her head “Can you takeso hard that she wasn’t sure the woman understood

“Jack? Is that your husband?”

“Jack Simon Do you know him?”

The woman shook her head “No I’m sorry Do you knohere he’s at?”

“No,” Donovan whispered, fighting back tears “I went for walk and got lost”

“It’s a big lake but you couldn’t have wandered that far,” she said

Think, Donnie, think

“Brett Cahbor Do you know him?”