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Derek reached for the phone
and dialed Nick's cell phone number, then waited trying to be patient both with
Nick and Julia. She had every right to be hysterical, but Derek was
certainly not prepared to see her like this.
And she had flinched, hard, when he had
touched her shoulder. "Put... " she never once thought that Nick wouldn't
recognize the old code she had used in the past to let him know it was her
calling and so whispered it now, almost hollowly "6...07764" It was hello
backwards and 6 for n... hello nick... she remembered it like it was yesterday
-- and the realization it was years ago -- what had happened to
her??
She continued to rock back and forth, not
caring she looked like she was losing it - hell let someone be gone for
years and find out and see how well they took it - and she ran the fingers
of her right hand shakily through her hair.. and stopped, slowly bringing her
palm before her and staring at it.
Years. She had been gone for
years. How....... ?
Surely the Legacy looked for her...? she
frowned, her clear blue eyes clouded as she tried to piece everything together
even against her emotional duress. She closed the fist and laid her head
back on her knees... Hadn't they??
[to be
continued...]
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