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His face was so red, the veins in his neck straining and tightening against his skin He looked like he ht explode if I touched him but I did "Harley"

Suddenly, he just started to cry, his whole body shaking I put ht his head to htly

"Why did I sleep so deeply? Why didn't I hear her walking out?" he h his tears

"She was probably barefoot, gliding over that floor Harley You can't blame yourself for that, no more than Uncle Roy can blame himself"

"We should have been watching her ht in the head We should have expected so like this"

He sat up, grinding the tears out of his eves with his balled fist Then he nodded to hi with that stoic determination

"C to run away from it

I rose and he let h the forest Birds fluttered from branch to branch around us like a curious crowd of onlookers wondering about the intruders When we stepped back into the sunlight, the a about Harley's house

"Maybe it was just a dream" I whispered

"A drea faster

"Where are you going?" I asked as we drew closer to his house

"Up to uess"

"Why don't you come home with me and have a little breakfast or at least some coffee? Mommy would want you to Harley"

"Not now," he said "I've got to be by myself"

"Will you come in a while?"