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“You met the parents, then? Just not the child?”

“Just him The father” Kent Sanders

“Are they here in Marie Cove?”

“Nope They’re in Oregon He’s a contractor I saw a photo of her on his lap riding around on his backhoe and laughing up at him”

There’d been h Kent The family had been happy to share their lives with him They’d been so incredibly thankful He’d seen school reports Family photos They’d even opened up her medical records to him—their offer, not his request—because he was a doctor And because they wanted to give hiiven so much more to them

The rest wasn’t his to share But he needed Amelia Grace to know that he truly wasn’t after her child, any irl

“I’ for peace,” he told her That was it Just a mind and heart at peace

“And you think I can give it to you?”

“I hope to God you can”

“And if I can’t? What happens then?”

He had no idea

Ae of desire to help him was not welcome

The man hadn’t answered her last question What happened if she couldn’tfor?

Hell, so her own peace She was beginning to think it was a e

None of which she planned to share with the recipient of her phone call She wanted to get rid of him, not send him further into need