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The woman had said their file was still open, but with no active investigation But what if she heard that Levi showed up at school out of sorts?

He knehy Levi was upset And he kind of bla particularly sour Mostly he knew the wo her job That she’d invaded their lives out of

true concern for Levi And that she’d done exactly as he’d have wanted her to do, as he’d have done, if Levi were really in any kind of danger

But didn’t she see that her descending on them as she had had affected all of them?

Levi had had a night for Jem Because he’d dreamed that someone had come and taken him away from his father

Which didn’t totally iven Levi even a hint about why Ms Hamilton had been so briefly in their lives

Unless Had she?

“Tell ain about your dreamcar,” he said as they pulled into the day care He’d prohtmare unless Levi did He didn’t want to make it more than it was The four-year-old had slept just fine the previous night at home in his own bed

Jem knew because he hadn’t slept much And when he had, it had been with the nursery monitor on the pillow beside him

“It’s that one with spoilers on it that I already told you about” Levi sounded more sad than cantankerous

Jem preferred cantankerous That he kne to deal with

“You going to be okay at school today?” he asked

“I wanna go to ith you”

“I know, but you can’t I’m on-site all day today, a smaller job without a trailer for you to stay in” Electric had been laid at a million-dollar house he’d been co out “So you going to be okay in here?” He’d yet to shut off the car

Looking from Jem to the school, Levi unfastened the belt on his car seat “Can we be at the beach tonight?”