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“I ainstAnd I have no idea what it is I push her back fro?”

She points to the gentle with his arlares at me “Ryan, this is my dad, Emilio Vasquez Melio, this is Ryan”

“So this is the one you like,” the ns too, but it’s jerky and I can tell he’s not fluent “He’s kind of skinny” His eyes assess h I’d rather not show any weakness

“It’s nice tohands, he extends his fist and holds his still so I’ll burins at me

“I’et started,” Lark says She points a finger at Emilio “Behave yourself”

Friday smirks in the corner, and Paul swipes a s

I look at E He just stares at row all kinds of uncomfortable Suddenly, he claps a hand to my shoulder and squeezes until I wince “Let’s have a quick talk, shall we?” he says, as he walks us toward the back of the shop

I lean ainst the counter and ask, “What can I do for you?”

“How did you get her to take her gloves off?” he asks

I stand up straight “I don’t know,” I say honestly I have no idea why she took them off

“You know, she started wearing gloves before we ever adopted her, and she never stopped We tried to talk her out of them, but it never worked And then suddenly I show up at her house and she’s wearing shirt sleeves with her arms exposed It’s honestly the first time I’ve seen the scars from her suicide attempt Well, not since they unwrapped them at the hospital” He stops and thinks for a rateful, and I just wanted to tell you that”

I s past the lu”

“It’s al to cover them up,” he says

I know I feel the same way “It’s what she wants”