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“I just wanted to say I’m sorry.”

Never would Lane have believed she’d hear those words from Roy’s mouth. It threw her. Set her off her game for a moment.

“You really need to throw again?” The question was a stall. She knew he wouldn’t be here asking if he didn’t need to throw. But this conversation gave her a moment to regroup.

“It’s the only thing I know how to do.” He shrugged. “The only thing I’m good for.”

In a weird way she found herself missing the old Roy. Which made no sense at all. But since nothing in her life made sense right now, Lane figured this little episode was par for the course.

She had no job. She had no life. She had a father and a sister, who, although they may have betrayed her, did seem to need her.

And Roy. She had Roy. Roy Walker needed her and that was just about the craziest thing she could imagine happening today.

“Okay. I’ll do it. Let’s go see if we can turn your arm back into a rifle.”