stool over and sat down ri

k graphs and the Solitaire card

are of her past life with the Savage family,

. She looked up at Jerimiah, her

decided. When I grow up, I want t

pped clickin

inued. "We can figure out how to save even

. A strange, heavy lum

its and toppled syndicates. But hearing this little girl say she wanted to follow

s large hand and ruffled her pigtails. "That sounds

oed from the hallway o

rn his head, a silver fl

ind was followed by a

self three inches deep into the solid oak doorf

he handle vibrated furiously

eanly sliced by the blade, dr

e sentimental tears dried up instan

off the stool, her heart

ay. Her face was a mask of pure, unadulterated rage

daughter was going to rot i

s pale face. Reality crashed back i

in a microsecond. She gasped, covering her mo

he knife, and yanked it out of the wood. With a f

a. "Oh my god, honey, I am so sorry!" she

" Ava gasped, h

ggerated horror. "One of my students brought it in, and I didn't realize how heavy and sharp the edges were!

ered gash in the solid oak doo

loving eyes. Ava's brain violently rejected t

elf, forcing her heart rate down. It's

allowing the lump of

. She stood up. She shot Jerimiah a loo

erimiah, honey," she smiled sweetly at Ava. "Your father an