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“Don’t you need work numbers of all of your parents?”

“Yes, but Mr and Mrs Bridgesthey both asked that ays call him They said because she dealt withthe boss, he could get away for a few if he had to We have a cell nuency e can’t reach him”

Control Control Control She typed on

“Is there anything else you’d likeover the keyboard

“It’s just I notice a pattern Levi isn’t an accident-prone kind of kid He used to be boisterous, like a oes through life getting it right, you know? He al, usually e appropriate, but with a certain kind ofgrace He focuses e But every couple of weeks or so now, he shows up with skinned knees, or a scab on his chin All explained by play Butwhy doesn’t he ever fall down here? And why is it only every couple of weeks?”

Lacey’s fingers pounded If she’d been playing the piano she’d grown upout a crescendo

“Do you know his shared parenting schedule?” she asked, careful to keep her tone neutral With a lifetis, it was a part of the job that came naturally to her

“No”

Did Dad pick the boy up and take him to his mother? And then pick him up from her, as well? Had he threatened to take her to court for full custody if she balked at his rules?

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ered Maybe even suspected But she didn’t know

Which meant there was room for another explanation A better scenario

“There’s another thing,” the wo He did better last year, as the baby of the class, than he’s doing this year” She talked about nu directions Shapes and colors that had beenLevi some difficulty now

“I guess ,” Mara Noble said next “But in all et about Levi There’s so odd about that broken arm of his He can’t tell me any details He’s a s when he broke his arm”

“Sometimes trauma can wipe out immediate memory,” she said slowly She typed Smart little boy, suspicious break