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Edas paying a lot of attention to getting us out of the hospital parking lot He hadn’t tried to ht beside hi at me

“Is there a reason you’re trying to stay out of this discussion?” I asked

“You won’t like what I have to say”

“You’re joking,” I said

“Olaf may have a point, Anita”

“I really didn’t expect you to agree with Olaf,” I said

“I know you didn’t That’s why I didn’t offer an opinion”

“I really thought you’d be on my side on this one”

“I’ well”

“I know,” I said “I don’t think he’s cut out for this job”

“I do not think he will be strong enough to kill the victim,” Olaf said

I wanted to argue about his use of the word victi to call our executionees

“I’ht feel he has to kill Bobby and finish the job,” Edward said

“Why afraid?” I asked

“There are things that a person can do and survive intact, and there are things that will break the Bobby Marchand will break Newman in a way that he won’t recover from”