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be arranged.” He touched her cheek with his forefinger. “I think you’d be a good person to have on her side. She may need it soon.”
    â€œI know. I won’t disappoint you.”
    â€œJust what do you know?” he asked curiously.
    She shook her head. “I won’t disappoint you,” she repeated.
    His hand dropped away from her face. “Stop worrying about responsibility and concentrate on healing. You’ve had a bad couple days.” His lips twisted. “No, you’ve had a bad several years.”
    â€œNot so bad. Not all the time.” Her eyes stung with tears. “Elena made them good because we were together.”
    â€œI’m sure you made them good for her, too,” he said gently. He turned away and pushed open the door. “Five minutes. You can even see me through this glass door. If you need me, come and get me.”
    Her eyes were swimming with tears as she looked down at her computer.
    Elena.
    Don’t cry. Tears never did any good. Elena had always told her that you just had to forget and go on.
    But how was she going to forget Elena?
    She wouldn’t forget. She would lose her if she forgot all the years they’d—
    â€œWould you like a tissue?”
    She looked up to see an older boy in jeans and a white shirt who had dropped down on the bench next to her. She could barely see through the tears, but she was aware of dark hair, dark eyes. Her friend, Heather, would have said he was cute, and his hair was cut like one of the members in Heather’s favorite rock band.
    He handed her the tissue. “You look like you could use it.” He took another tissue out of the same pack and dabbed at his own eyes. “Me, too. Life can be crap, can’t it?”
    â€œYeah.” She wiped her eyes. “Thanks.”
    He nodded. “Welcome.” He leaned his dark head back against the wall. “I hate this. My dad is in there paying the bill and for what? They couldn’t get her well. My mom died anyway.”
    â€œI’m sorry.” She took a deep, shaky breath. “It seems to be a good hospital. They’re doing everything they can for Eve.”
    â€œYour sister?”
    â€œNo. Not my sister.” She wiped her eyes again. “My sister died a long time ago. Do you have a sister?”
    â€œYes, Nella. She’s in the chapel, praying for my mother’s soul.” His eyes filled again. “That’s where I was when my dad called me and said he needed me. I didn’t want to come. There didn’t seem much I could do, and I felt helpless. I never liked to go to church, but my mother taught me that prayers help. I felt like maybe I was doing something in that chapel, that maybe she could hear me. Stupid, huh?”
    She shook her head. “I don’t think so. Elena always told me that when you couldn’t trust anyone else that you should pray.”
    â€œElena? You said Eve.”
    â€œNo, my friend, Elena. She … died.”
    â€œSeems like everyone is dying,” he said thickly. “Did it help you to go to church, like it did me?”
    â€œI haven’t been able to do that yet.”
    â€œYou ought to try it. It can’t hurt.”
    â€œMaybe later.”
    â€œThat’s what I thought when my mom died. All the things I was going to do and say. Sometimes I wasn’t even nice to her. It’s bad to put off things.” He suddenly jumped to his feet. “Come on, let’s go to the chapel. Neither of us is doing any good sitting on this bench. Who knows how long it’s going to take for them to pay those bloodsuckers?”
    â€œWhat?” Cara’s eyes widened in surprise. “I can’t leave now.”
    â€œSure you can.” He pulled her to her feet. “The chapel’s only three floors up. You can call down to say where you’re going when we get there.”
    â€œWhat about your father?”
    â€œHe