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A hand touched her shoulder.

Laura couldn’t turn to look at the person behind her. She knew it was Jesse Cooper. She knew that hand, the touch. Firm but comforting, in a detached way.

“You okay?” he asked.

She nodded and swallowed the pain, the truth. “I’m good.”

“I think you probably aren’t.”

He wouldn’t ask who she’d been on the phone with. She turned, swiping at her eyes and managing a wavering smile to prove it didn’t hurt.

“I was talking to my little girl.”

“You have a child?” His eyes narrowed but continued to focus on her face, continued to be kind.

“Yes, I have a daughter. They put her in foster care. I can have her back once I have a job, a place to live and once I prove that I’m clean. Which is rather ironic, since I’ve never done drugs.”

It registered, the truth. She saw it in his eyes and then he nodded.

And for some crazy reason, she felt relief flood her because he believed her.