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He smiled

"I really don't think anything we've done has anything to do with this Rain If I did I would tell you and I would change the therapy"

"I believe you Austin Please don't pay any attention toto a mutual admiration society I'm the relative as shoved down her throat We have what you ht call a precarious truce"

"None of that is any of my business," he said quickly

"It's all right I don'tmore about e some of the therapy," I said

He sat back and I began to tell hiive me some medication The rest of the time, he sat, transfixed, his reactions revealed in the htened and darkened

"So that hy you told ht you were joking"

"I wish I were," I said

My eyelids felt so heavy that no

"I'd better let you rest" I heard him say "I'll check up on you and as soon as you're able, we'll start the therapy again"

My head nodded as if a powerful invisible hand had moved it Then, I was asleep

On Sunday, when they wheeled me out of the hospital Jake stood by a brand-new van, equipped with an electric lift All they had to do heel ht me up so I could wheel into place in the van It seemed quite luxurious for what it was

"Victoria wasn't happy about the deal I got I put in a lot of options," he added in a whisper "but there wasn't much she could do about it Your attorney took care of it, and guess what," he continued as he got behind the wheel "It's equipped so when the time comes, you can drive it yourself"

"What? How?"

"This seat coht here," he explained "All the controls are finger controls, even the brakes It's easy You'll be going wherever you want in no time Princess"