when i do , you 'll understand , it 's all my fault - '' at the torment in her eyes , nate wanted to throw something across the room . he wanted to do someone -lrb- and he knew exactly who -rrb- bodily harm . instead , he kept careful control of these reactions and he hushed lily by touching his lips to hers . when he 'd moved an inch away , he looked deep into her eyes and repeated , '' let it be , lily

otherwise , physically , he was n't bad . inside he felt oddly drained . numb . he wanted to lie down in the dirt and go to sleep . '' cole ? '' jace asked again . cole realized he had n't answered . '' i think so . '' '' you saved the day , '' dalton said , coming up from behind to put an arm around cole

one night after dinner , while lying on the floor on our stomachs , we colored in precious moments coloring books . kelsey held her picture up proudly . it was a picture of a little precious moments baby next to the easter bunny . '' this is miriam when she was a baby , '' she said . '' and this is charlie when he was a rabbit . '' we burst out laughing and called charlie to ask him if he used to be a rabbit

she placed a single red rose on the grave that she had purchased before she left town and stood silently looking at the cold stone marker wondering what might have been different in her life had he not died so suddenly and he had married her great-grandmother . she returned to her car and did a lot of thinking on her short trip back to the lodge . she had all the pieces of the story in place and it seemed clear to her now that she was in fact dealing with the spirit of austin , but she could n't understand why his spirit was still at the
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