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“Yeah” I heftedabout it”
“Good luck And Dex” She put a hand on s get emotional, but don’t shut Bree out She’s worried about you”
I stiffened, annoyed even though I knew she was right “I know I’ll talk to her”
Twenty minutes later, I knocked on Bree’s back door Justin pulled it open, holding Prescott over his shoulder “You knock now?”
“Wasn’t sure if I’d be welcome” I rubbed ”
He shrugged “Family shouts sometimes Come on in”
Their house s about it reminded me of childhood I messed around with my nephew Peter in the family room for a few minutes, then took Prescott frourgling noise and smiled at me
“Good, he likes you” Justin sank onto the couch “How about you carry him around for a while? Every time I put him down, he screams”
“I’ll take hi babies They were so tiny yet chubby at the saht in the crook of my arm And they never shit-talked
I tucked Prescott againstht I heard your voice Are you here for dinner?”
“If I’m invited”
“Of course you’re invited I’anoff”
“That’s what it is” I inhaled deeply “Manoff in years”
She turned the heat off under the pan and scooped the sautéedblue pot “I don’t make it too often, but I was in theabout Mom lately”
Prescott started to fuss, so I put hiain?”
She began filling another pot ater “Yes I saw him last Sunday And I’ll see him next Saturday—a week from today”
“How is he?”
Placing the pot on the stove, she shrugged “Sick The visits aren’t long But I brought Justin and the boys last time”
“He never mentioned it”
“I asked hias under the water “It upsets you”
I took a breath “I’m sorry about that I lost my temper the last time I was here”
“You did,” she agreed, “but I shouldn’t have provoked you that way I know it’s a sensitive subject”
“Which subject? Dad? Or Winnie?”
“Both” She turned to face one?”
Stroking Prescott’s back, I sniffed his head—he smelled like baby shampoo “Yes”
“Are you guys” She struggled for a word “Friends?”
“Not exactly I apologized for what I said, but she asked for time”
Bree nodded “That’s understandable She must have been really hurt”
“She was” My stoain “But I told her what I said wasn’t the truth”