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“We talk about hard things and we ht not like them and ays tell the”

“Truth” Levi emphasized the ith a nod of his head

“Right”

He didn’t feel good about this Would have given up his savings account if he could have bought a way out of the conversation

But Lacey wasn’t going to let Levi go back to Tressa’s withoutSydney aware of the incident she’d witnessed She hadn’t said so But, like he’d been telling her, he knew her

Knew her conscience Kne seriously she took her work and how much she cared Even after all of his introspection over the past days he re to worry about Levi, too There was no way on earth Tressa would hurt Levi, or that the boy wouldn’t tell him if she had

If the hospital hadn’t called—due to red tape because of the number of hospital visits, he re into their lives

“Am I in trouble?”

Four-year-olds didn’t have much of an attention span Or patience, either

“Of course not”

He was off on the wrong foot already No way could he get through Levi’s defenses if he thought he’d done soh to him

To assure hi and no one was hurting Levi

Because she’d ed to instill that one bit of doubt

“I want to talk to you about your mom” One parent should not berate another in front of the children He knew the rule

“Did she get in trouble?” Levi soundedmore