stool over and sat down ri
k graphs and the Solitaire card
are of her past life with the Savage family,
. She looked up at Jerimiah, her
decided. When I grow up, I want t
pped clickin
inued. "We can figure out how to save even
. A strange, heavy lum
its and toppled syndicates. But hearing this little girl say she wanted to follow
s large hand and ruffled her pigtails. "That sounds
oed from the hallway o
rn his head, a silver fl
ind was followed by a
self three inches deep into the solid oak doorf
he handle vibrated furiously
eanly sliced by the blade, dr
e sentimental tears dried up instan
off the stool, her heart
ay. Her face was a mask of pure, unadulterated rage
daughter was going to rot i
s pale face. Reality crashed back i
in a microsecond. She gasped, covering her mo
he knife, and yanked it out of the wood. With a f
a. "Oh my god, honey, I am so sorry!" she
" Ava gasped, h
ggerated horror. "One of my students brought it in, and I didn't realize how heavy and sharp the edges were!
ered gash in the solid oak doo
loving eyes. Ava's brain violently rejected t
elf, forcing her heart rate down. It's
allowing the lump of
. She stood up. She shot Jerimiah a loo
erimiah, honey," she smiled sweetly at Ava. "Your father an
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