she turned and walked toward the driver 's door . bud skirted around the truck and jumped in the passenger side , saying , '' if it 's what i think , there 's something at wheeler creek you 'll want to see . '' '' how come you 're so serious all of a sudden ? '' '' cass , everything i 've been doing to get to get close to you is
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she had n't shaken hands with him since she 'd made the mistake of doing it too long one night out of sympathy when she should only have been shaking for intel . the result had allowed grady to take human form with no help at times and hold that form longer than he should . '' what happened to taking human form any time you want ,
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that i see those scars and wonder how badly it had to hurt to end up that way ? or how wrong i think it is that you let those scars take away from everything else ? '' '' take away from what ? '' '' em , the scars on your arms are barely visible . you could wear shirts without sleeves . no one would notice , and you ... well , no one would pay attention to the
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