"Me?  Yeah, I'm fine," Sam told her.  A little grumpy, but otherwise
perfectly normal, she gave Reese a curious gaze.  "what about you?  How'd
you get cut?"

NM:
"One of the china plates had a rough edge and I wasn't looking.  Here," she
said, giving Sam the keys to the front door to this house "Just lock up and
I'll meet you back at the house.  And thank, Sam."

She hugged her friend, meaning thanks for not only letting her go with Milo
for some quality time but for all the help she had been giving with
everything.  That and, even if it was still hard for Sam, the effort she was
making in trying to be halfway civil to Julia Walker.

"I'll swing by the store and get some rocky road!"  Reese called back, both
of them having a weakness for ice-cream and usually ending up having a
'pow-wow' over everything they could come up with while eating out of the
gallon containers.

Reese made it to Milo's car and gently reached out to catch him by the arm
"Mi-- Dad?  What's wrong?"

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