d, watched it all with a

rom the house, the sounds of Julian' s "

d, shaking his head. "Or him. How c

t have a

eauty, her sophistication, the way she

etreat," gotten herself lost in one of the disorien

e, called me her

sly, charmed by the "authe

hing else. "She' s a ta

s hospital bed, Izzy controlling

said smoothly. "You' re too emotion

my mother was a

ad framed it. Julian was dying. This rar

their only hope. She' d made me f

es, that wa

her, my desire to ease h

ly unresponsive, her

"Don' t upset Julian, Eli. The stress isn' t

e felt lik