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She’d given no indication, in the five , that she’d had a visit fro, either

Other than her job, but that was another story

“I don’t know No one’s getting out But I can see her there It’s a woman Her hair’s in a twist”

Lacey But if she’d been there to report back to Tressa, as in, his ex-wife being the one who’d called to report hinized her and made a quick excuse to ditch him Unless she had concerns

“She’s blonde Looks about our age” There was curiosity in Tressa’s tone now But the tone was still soft Still the calm and therefore quite likable side of the wo some kind of jacket, sky blue Who wears sky blue jackets anymore?”

So Tressa

And also, so Lacey He knew exactly what the outdated jacket looked like She’d had it on thatwhen she’d escorted his son down the hall and away fro to Levi

Jem reached for a beer If Tressa had not called social services, this was not going to be good

Lacey hadn’t said a word about visiting Levi’sthe chicken that was already on the grill

She’d called to check on Levi, she’d said

Like a stor He also knew that he wasn’t going to say anything to Tressa about it—a decision ht that second After all the years he’d spent defending his wife’s actions, her words when she went off inappropriately, sofeathers she hadn’thim with her anymore

Not in a partner sense

And most particularly not when a decision maker from social services was involved

“She’s getting out now,” Tressa was saying “Probably just selling so I hope it’s not clothes” His ex-wife chuckled, still at ease

Jeripped the back of his neck