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“You’re holding up pretty well,” Kurt said

“I’m kind of numb to it all now”

“Look on the bright side,” Kurt said “If we survive, your fear of flying ht be cured”

He smiled, but she just stared blankly He knew the look of so forward noithoutwhat she was supposed to do

Kurt let his s to happen I need to know if I can trust you”

“You can,” she insisted

“Then tell ,” he said “You’ve kept some secret locked away since the very start Time to come clean”

She stared up at hi “I think I knoho the infore”

“Thero’s son?”

She nodded

“What makes you think that?”

“The handwriting looked like his,” she said “And in the first letter the infor out of his better conscience Most people say they’re acting in good conscience, but George always used that other term instead There were times he even insisted he was his father’s conscience Times he persuaded Thero not to take some risk or fly off the handle at some random event”

“I thought he was dead”

“So did I,” she said “But, then again, we all thought Thero was dead too, didn’t we?”

Kurt nodded