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Celia turned and walked over to the door but paused before leaving “I saved him once, but this time I need your help, Shane He needs you He won’t survive the next year unless he has his son back and I need hiame I need hi as you”

She turned back once more and nailed hiive up “I need you to be there for Eden”

And then she left

Chapter Sixteen

It was nearly six o’clock Sunday evening when the doorbell rang Slinging a tea towel over her shoulder, Bobbi unplugged the crock pot and pushed it back into its spot between the toaster and the fridge With Billie at Logan’s and Betty not yet returned froht out with Matt Hawkins, there had only been the three of thearlic toast was h

With a sigh, Bobbi tossed the towel over the drying rack next to the sink and headed for the foyer just as the doorbell went again

“Twins! One of you going to get that?” Herschel said loudly, as the volume of the television increased tenfold Her father and Gramps were already in the falued to the flat screen

God forbid they miss 60 Minutes

“I got it,” shefor the doorknob “And in case the two of you didn’t notice I was the only one at the dinner table”

Twins ed at the corners of her mouth From the earliest memories she had, Gramps had always referred to the three of them as twins No matter if one or three were around It confused more than a few folk, but it was just Gramps

She opened the door and a fresh gust of wind tickled her nostrils For a hts weren’t on yet and it was already dark outside

“Hey”

Bobbi hoped the weird little squeak she heard in her head hadn’tfrom the small smile Shane sported, that wasn’t the case

“I would have called but I wasn’t sure you’d answer”

Shane’s rakish grin was offset by the thick waves that curled from beneath his plain black toque A cream colored turtleneck kept hih he wore jeans and his regular boots