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"But nothing"

"No"

"What do you have there?" he asked stepping through the doorway

"May brought ave her She wants me to show them to Kenneth"

He saw that I had turned to the page containing the picture of him

"I gave May that pad the week Laura died," he said, his dark eyes gone bleak, "so she would have so I wanted to show everyone I don'tit, but Laura was very choosy about whos Nobody in school saw them, not even her art teacher, and if she wanted Kenneth to see them, I'm sure she would have shown them to him herself"

"Okay," I said, trying to hide hter "What's funny?"

"I thought May had done the theh I didn't add that I thought they were pictures of me

He signed to May, telling her she should keep the pad in her own rooed She looked disappointed, but took the pad back when I handed it to her

"Did you deliberately pose for any of them?" I asked It was more than just curiosity I wanted to knohat he felt liketo talk about it

"For a few," he ade the subject "Is dinner ready?"

"I think so Did you hear about my invitation to Grandma Olivia's?"

"As soon as I walked in the door It was the first thing Ma told me," he said

"Why just me?"

He shrugged