She didn’t think it wise to mention that she’d read him moments earlier when the first responder had spoken the word suicide. Jude had seen the quake that Uriah quickly hid. She didn’t tell him she’d read him every time she’d met with him at the police station. She didn’t tell him she knew he was feeling sorry for her all over again right this minute because the full impact of what she’d been through was slowly and continuously sinking in. And maybe that was part of his reluctance to have her around. She was a constant reminder of unspeakable acts and unspeakable pain, all wrapped up in his
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