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Оглавление“Do you have any computer games, Nick?”
Andrea held her breath until the boy answered.
“Why? You play?”
“Only when I have a worthy opponent, Tony said. “Are you any good?”
“Good enough.” Andrea smiled at her nephew’s self-confident tone. She released a mental sigh of relief and stood to clear the main course. She refused Tony’s offer of help and suggested he stay and talk with Nicky.
In the kitchen, she crossed her fingers briefly, hoping her absence would force her nephew to say more than a few polite words to Tony. When she carried the pie into the dining room, she realized her ploy had worked. The two were discussing the scoring intricacies of some intergalactic game.
Tony looked up when she put a plate in front of him. “Homemade? Nick, do you know how lucky you are?”
The boy picked up his fork and held it tightly in his fist “Yeah. I’m lucky, all right.”
Andrea’s stomach twisted with the irony of his comment. Lucky to have lost his parents? Lucky to be living with a single aunt? If only it were simply that he was lucky enough to have someone bake him a homemade pie.
