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we do
“That's not good enough The tears were pooling in my eyesI looked to the one person who
might possibly be in as much pain as I wasYouknow I would never let
anything hurt JamieYou know I can do this
He met my gaze for one long momentThen he looked around the room, at every other face
Jeb, Doc, Kyle, Ian, TrudyOut the door at the silent audience whose expressions mirrored
Kyle's: Sharon, Violetta, Lucina, Reid, Geoffrey, Heath, Heidi, Andy, Aaron, Wes, Lily, Carol
My friends mixed in with my enemies, all of them wearing Kyle's faceHe stared at the next
row, which I couldn't seeThen he looked down at JamieThere was no sound of breathing in
the whole room
“No, Wanda,” he said quietly
A sigh of relief from the restI fell forward and yanked free of Ian's hands when he tried to pull me back
upI crawled to Jamie and pushed Trudy aside with my elbowThe silent room watchedI took
the compress from his head and refilled the melted iceI didn't meet the stares I could feel on my
skinI couldn't see anywayThe tears swam in front of my eyes
“Jamie, Jamie, Jamie,” I crooned
I couldn't seem to do anything but sob out his name and touch the packets of ice over and over,
waiting for the moment they would need changin