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Her face looked cal her So there was a God

He’d had the thought before

Maybe it would serve him well to remember it more often

“Just cleaning up Tressa reached for the door handle and put her hand through the glass”

“She pounded the glass, Jem” Her words were calm No emotion, or accusation Yet they stopped him cold

“You don’t kno Tressa gets when she’s caught up in her drama She’s clumsy Believe me, I’ve seen it before She just missed the door handle”

Lacey’s mouth fell open “You really believe that, don’t you?”

“Of course I believe it! I know it I’ve been living with this kind of thing all my life”

“Right First JoAnne and then Tressa”

But not Lacey Thank God again If ever there was a ti control, it would be now And she was standing there watching hi

“You need to leave that as it is,” she said, co the broom and dustpan from him “It’s evidence”

“Evidence? Of what?” Hadn’t she heard a thing he’d said? This was Tressa at her worst When she was upset, she was careless “Don’t you get it?” He looked at her “She found out we’re seeing each other, and now she’s over it I have to tell you, it went a lot better than I’d feared it ht”

Her jaw dropped again “You thought this ell?”

“Are you kidding? She was out of here in five I’ve had nights it took hours to talk her down I have to tell you, those classes are reallya difference”

He wanted to believe they were And wanted her to believe it, too He wanted her to quit looking at him like that