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"Sure, Jake Will you take me to see her some day?"

"Oh, absolutely" he promised

He tried to change the subject After a while, he accepted the silence and drove on I dozed and when I woke again, ere close enough to the house that an to pound I don't knohy I was so nervous about returning

"You're doing the right thing to co me in the rearview mirror and I was sure he could see the hesitation in ood care and you're familiar with the place, which makes it easier You'll be just fine, Princess Just fine"

"I know" I said softly

Then the house caer than I remembered it

"What's that off the portico?" I asked Jake

"That? Victoria had Miles Hollinger construct a ramp for you You can wheel yourself in and out of the house noas surprised she thought of it You never knohat she's going to do, but she does get the right things done" he said

"A ramp?"

"Wait until you see soned for your comfort now"

"Maybe I'll be too comfortable," I muttered Jake didn't hear

Will the house becoainst beco too dependent on people Did she realize you could becos as well? Beware of crutches, I warned myself

A thousand years ago it seeood-bye to me from those front steps There was so much sadness and darkness in her face that day Maybe she so to be one day for me to return

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Prisoner of My Body