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“Are you going to?”

Hazel watched him tense up She wondered—if it had been anyone other than a child asking, would he have retorted soan to worry about Evie’s unabashed curiosity about Callu to hi

“Evie, that’s enough We barely know Callum It isn’t polite to ask so many personal questions,” Hazel said, sure that Evie’s Curious George mode was too much for Callum

Evie’s lower lip puffed out a little in a pout, but then she brightened quickly enough “Can I go watch cartoons?”

“Sure,” Hazel said

Calluht channel and then returned to the kitchen island Hazel had put the chicken into the oven and gone to work on the chops, getting a pan ready to sear them

She busied herself in the kitchen for the next few hours Callu roo chuood family movie that adults could enjoy

Hazel began putting food into erator Her customers could freeze what they wouldn’t use in the next day or two Instant, delicious meals for busy workers or the elderly

“Will you write down the addresses?” Callum asked “The officer is outside I checked”

While that was reassuring, he couldn’t keep her penned up in here until the killer was caught She had a life to live But dragging Evie around with theer He was taking her freedohter like Calluht She and Evie were safer here

“You’re doing an awful lot to keep us safe,” she said

Calluers beneath her chin Heat coursed through her as she tried to figure out why he had touched her this way

“It’syou safe, Hazel I have a personal reason for doing so You see, I nor wo the you and Evie and now I cannot turn h”

He see to make her understand why it was so important to hiet it He had to see this throughbut why hi woe?

“I can’t explain it right now All I ask is you trust me,” he said