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hand. Emma walks in after only a few minutes, smiling.
    “ You seem to be in a good
mood.” 
    “ I am,” she says, as she
walks into the kitchen. I hear the door to the refrigerator open
and close. She walks back into the room with a beer bottle in her
hand. 
    “ It’s a little early for you
to be drinking, isn’t it?” I say jokingly. 
    “ I could say the same thing
to you,” she says as she takes a drink.
    I look at my beer bottle and tip it to her.
“It has been a rough couple days.” 
    “ Yes, it has. Did you finish
making your phone calls?” 
    “ I did. I’m just waiting on
Mason to call me back. I also called Madison and told her we want
to close on the house as soon as we can.” 
    “ Oh, Alec. I totally forgot
about the house.”
    I watch her as she smiles and takes another
drink.
    “ They really accepted your
offer?” 
    “ We’ll be in it right before
the kids start school,” she says, caressing my knuckles with her
fingers. 
    “ It’ll be perfect
timing.” 
    “ Alec, I have never lived in
a house that size. I won’t know what to do with all the space we’ll
have.” 
    “ I have a feeling it’ll fill
up quicker than we anticipate.” I get a text and Emma waits
patiently for me to reply. I look up from my phone and she is
looking at me. “It was Mason; he told me that Molly’s friend is
waking up.” 
    “ Is Mason at the hospital?
He said earlier that Angel had a doctor’s appointment
today.” 
    “ I don’t know, and I didn’t
ask how he knew that Molly’s friend was waking
up.” 
    She smiles and says, “Molly’s friend waking
up is great news.” 
    “ Yes, it sure is.” We sit at
the table and we both finish our beers. I tell Emma about the male
clothes I packed up from the hotel room and about the stuffed
animal that was in one of the drawers. She tells me that if they
belong to the guy at the hospital, he probably would like to have
them back.
    After dinner, I call the hospital to make
sure Molly is still there before I go up to see her. Emma tells me
she thinks I should leave Raelynn home. She says she thinks Raelynn
has had enough for one day. Emma, Raelynn, and James stay home so
she can get things ready for the work week, and I go to the
hospital.
    I walk into Molly’s hospital room and see
Molly lying on the bed talking with Mason. “You’re looking better,”
I say, looking at Molly. 
    “ Thank
you.” 
    “ How is everything?” I
ask. 
    Molly replies, “Mason just came in to tell
me he found an opening in a drug rehab center in South Florida that
is willing to take me.” 
    I look from Molly to Mason, “Are you talking
about the intensive drug rehab facility?” 
    “ That’s the one. They have
two openings, so if Molly’s friend wants to go, they will also
accept him once he is released from here.” 
     “ Molly, you’re serious
about this?” I ask seriously. 
    “ I am. I want to get better
for Rae. I have missed her terribly.” 
    “ Mason, is that a 30-day,
12-step facility?” I ask. 
    “ We were just talking about
that. It’s a 45-day, 12-step program. No phone calls the first
seven days, then they gradually add phone calls, emails,
visitation, and even Skype.” Mason looks at me and then at
Molly.
    “ This is what you want,
Molly? It sounds like Mason has put in a lot of time finding this
place for you. It’s a very intense program.” 
    “ With a very high success
rate. I do want this and Bobby will want it, too.” 
    “ Bobby? Is that your
friend?” I ask. 
    “ It is. I need to see him
and make sure he is all right. I also want him to come with me. I
can’t thank Mason or Emma enough for helping me.” 
    “ What did Emma have to do
with this?” I ask, looking from Molly to Mason. 
    “ I asked Emma to help me and
she called Mason,” Molly says.
    “ I made a few phone calls to
some old colleagues and everything just fell into place,” Mason
says, “It took very little effort on my part.” 
    “ I