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“Chances are he’s with your father”

He agreed WhichTen miles had never seemed so far

“Did your father really cut you out of his will?”

Did he detect a note of hurt in her voice? Lia the traffic Of course She was always on the lookout for the dangers ahead

“Yes”

“Last week?”

“Yes”

“Oh” The bite in her tone bothered hi about his own life

“It had nothing to do with you or Marie, soyou—”

“It’s okay”

“No, it’s not And I should have known that I’m I didn’t like the way I saw lanced over at her “Like I’ back forAnd worse

Her gaze softened “You ainst ours,” she said The s back at the road Staring at it

He’dfeltso hadn’t been sister-like

And that was not only hu It was horrible

“You’re way stronger than you know, Liaed and he started forward “I see ato claim an identity in his own small ways, because you know he has no one and relies on you You subjugate your own desires for his, but because you think it’s the right thing to do, to be responsible, not because you fear what he can do to you”