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“The swi,” he said aloud “You told Lacey and Kacey a story about you learning to swi to hell his voice was filled with loving interest—not accusation

Levi nodded and then said, “Yes”

“Did Moet mad then, too?”

He nodded, eyes wide again

“How come?”

“She telledmotion “But I jumped under and drownded”

He’d scared the shit out of Tressa He’d had that part of the story already, almost to a T

“Then what happened?”

“She held e “And ed me up”

“How many times?”

“A hundreds” Levi’s word for more than he could count

“What happened next?”

“I sneezed a lot”

He’d had water up his nose

“Then Mommy buyed the basketball and we played and it was fun”